US Plant Patent PP12765

Golden Globe

Ginkgo tree named ‘Golden Globe’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 12, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 18, 2020. This patent earned 25 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP12765
Filed: December 18, 2000
Granted: July 9, 2002
Expires: January 12, 2021
Assignee: CLEVELAND TREE COMPANY
Inventor: CLEVELAND DAVID HENDRICKS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Ginkgo tree named ‘Golden Globe’, characterized by its globose and rounded plant shape; very freely branching, high branching density; rapid growth rate; and bright yellow-colored leaves in the autumn.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ginkgo tree named ‘Golden Globe’, as illustrated and described.

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