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US Plant Patent PP6227

Independence

Elm tree named Independence

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 15, 2005. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record

Patent number
PP6227
Filed
October 15, 1985
Granted
July 19, 1988
Expires
October 15, 2005
Inventor
SMALLEY EUGENE B; LESTER DONALD T

Abstract

An elm tree characterized by high resistance to Dutch Elm Disease.

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 elm tree as shown and described herein primarily characterized by a short period of susceptibility to Dutch Elm Disease, vigorous growth rate, and ease of propagation.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6227 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.