US Plant Patent PP17161

Ace of Hearts

Eastern redbud tree named ‘Ace of Hearts’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 8, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 23, 2023. This patent earned 382 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17161, the photograph of Ace of Hearts printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17161, 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: PP17161
Filed: December 23, 2003
Granted: October 24, 2006
Expires: January 8, 2025
Assignee: WOODY PAUL BUDDY EWING
Inventor: WOODY PAUL BUDDY EWING

Abstract

A new and distinct ornamental cultivar of Cercis canadensis called ‘Ace of Hearts’ is described that is a dwarf, compact tree with small, semi-glossy, heart-shaped leaves and a dense, dome-shaped canopy.

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 Cercis canadensis plant named ‘Ace of Hearts’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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