US Plant Patent PP8077
Cimmzam
Green ash tree named Cimmzam
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 10, 2011. 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
- PP8077
- Filed
- January 10, 1991
- Granted
- December 29, 1992
- Expires
- January 10, 2011
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Green Ash tree named Cimmzam is provided. The new variety can be readily distinguished from the typical Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green Ash treen (nonpatented in the United States). For instance, the new variety generally is a stronger grower which forms a trunk and branches having a larger diameter; forms lateral branches which leave the tree at a lesser angle and in a more uniform pattern; form leaves that are larger, thicker, and darker in coloration; forms new foliage in the spring later and drops its leaves in the fall later; and exhibits a distinctive fall foliage coloration pattern. Such fall foliage coloration successively changes from deep burgundy to apricot to orange-yellow. The new variety is particularly well suited for growing as attractive ornamentation and well serves as a distinctive and colorful shade tree for growing in the landscape.
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 Green Ash tree which exhibits the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits stronger growth characteristics and forms a trunk and lateral branches of larger diameter than the typical Fraxinus pennsylvanica, (b) forms lateral branches which leave the tree at a lesser angle and in a more uniform pattern than the typical Fraxinus pennsylvanica, (c) forms leaves that are larger, thicker, and darker in coloration than the typical Fraxinus pennsylvanica, (d) forms leaves in the spring later than Fraxinus pennsylvanica, (e) drops its leaves in the fall later than the typical Fraxinus pennsylvanica, and (f) exhibits a distinctive fall foliage coloration which successively changes from deep burgundy to apricot to orange-yellow; substantially as herein shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8077 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.