US Plant Patent PP15854

Little Woody

Eastern redbud tree named ‘Little Woody’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 28, 2024. 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 96 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15854, the photograph of Little Woody printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15854, 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: PP15854
Filed: December 23, 2003
Granted: July 12, 2005
Expires: March 28, 2024
Inventor: WOODY PAUL BUDDY EWING

Abstract

A new and distinct ornamental cultivar of Cercis canadensis called ‘Little Woody’ is described that is a dwarf, vase-shaped tree with small, green, heart-shaped leaves.

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 ‘Little Woody’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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