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US Plant Patent PP13069

Eternal Dogwood

Dogwood tree named ‘Eternal Dogwood’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 23, 2019. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 4, 2021, but this patent ends 620 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13069, the photograph of Eternal Dogwood printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13069, 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
PP13069
Filed
June 4, 2001
Granted
October 8, 2002
Expires
September 23, 2019
Assignee
DOMENIG CAROLINE
Inventor
SIMMEN PIERRE W

Abstract

A very hardy dogwood tree which produces many large multiple flower bracts (12 to 20 bracts) so that the tree appears to be a mass of blooms. The blooming season for this tree can typically last up to two weeks longer than a conventional dogwood's blooming season. The leaves are large and healthy green in color.

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 Dogwood tree substantially as shown and described herein, characterized particularly as to novelty by its large number of flower bracts per blossom (12 to 20 bracts) and its overall white bloom coloration.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13069 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.