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US Plant Patent PP18238

Appalachian Joy

Dogwood tree named ‘Appalachian Joy’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 27, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 22, 2025. This patent earned 5 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18238, the photograph of Appalachian Joy printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18238, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP18238
Filed
December 22, 2005
Granted
November 20, 2007
Expires
December 27, 2025
Assignee
UNIV TENNESSEE RES FOUNDATION
Inventor
WINDHAM ALAN S; WINDHAM MARK T; TRIGIANO ROBERT N

Abstract

A new distinct cultivar of dogwood, Cornus florida L., named ‘Appalachian Joy’, is provided. This cultivar is characterized by resistance to powdery mildew, which is superior to most other cultivars of flowering dogwood and similar to ‘Karen's Appalachian Blush’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,165 P2), ‘Kay's Appalachian Mist’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,098 P2) and ‘Jean's Appalachian Snow’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 13,099 P2). It also is characterized by producing supernumerary (multiple [4-8]) bracts.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Dogwood, Cornus florida L., named ‘APPALACHIAN JOY’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18238 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.