US Plant Patent PP15219

Rutnut

Dogwood tree named ‘Rutnut’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 16, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 11, 2022. 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 PP15219, the photograph of Rutnut printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15219, 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: PP15219
Filed: December 11, 2002
Granted: October 12, 2004
Expires: December 16, 2022
Assignee: UNIV RUTGERS
Inventor: ORTON ELWIN R; GANT DAVID A

Abstract

A cultivar of dogwood tree is characterized by a unique combination of red floral bracts and a dwarf rounded shape.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of dogwood tree, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of its red floral bracts and the truly dwarf rounded habit of the tree.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15219 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.