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US Plant Patent PP6957

Serenade

Crabapple tree named Serenade

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 30, 2008. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record

Patent number
PP6957
Filed
June 30, 1988
Granted
August 1, 1989
Expires
June 30, 2008

Abstract

An ornamental flowering crabapple tree named Serenade, having a graceful semi-weeping and somewhat spreading habit to 12 feet. The large deep rose striped buds open to very delicate soft pink to white blossoms. The flowers have prominent light yellow antlers. The fruit is a burnt orange over gold, and the mint green foliage is somewhat lanceolate.

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

I claim: 1. A new and unique flowering crabapple tree named Serenade, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6957 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.