US Plant Patent PP14375

JFS-KW5

Crabapple tree named ‘JFS-KW5’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 26, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 16, 2022. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP14375
Filed: April 16, 2002
Granted: December 16, 2003
Expires: April 26, 2022
Assignee: FRANK & SCHMIDT & CO J
Inventor: WARREN KEITH S

Abstract

A variety of crabapple which combines purple foliage color, deeply lobed ornamental vigorous growth leaves, bright reddish flowers, excellent form and foliage density, and excellent resistance to the diseases fireblight and scab.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of crabapple tree, substantially as herein shown and described.

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