US Plant Patent PP8684
New Horizon
Elm tree named New Horizon
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 18, 2012. 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
- PP8684
- Filed
- June 18, 1992
- Granted
- April 12, 1994
- Expires
- June 18, 2012
- Assignee
- WISCONSIN ALUMNI RES FOUND
- Inventor
- SMALLEY EUGENE B; GURIES RAYMOND P
Abstract
A new interspecific hybrid elm tree of U. japonicaxU. pumila which expresses exceptional vigor when young, attractive crown shape, compact habit, dense foliage concentration, resistance to branch shearing forces of weather, and a high level of resistance to common elm diseases and elm leaf minor to which previous similar hybrid trees and siblings have shown susceptibility.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of elm tree named "New Horizon" substantially as described and illustrated herein and characterized by its hardness, rapid growth, upright form and compact growth habit.
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