US Plant Patent PP12549

5473

Hamamelis mollis plant named ‘5473’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 1, 2020. 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.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12549, the photograph of 5473 printed in the patent. — Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12549, 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: PP12549
Filed: May 1, 2000
Granted: April 16, 2002
Expires: May 1, 2020
Assignee: TREESEARCH
Inventor: FLEMER III WILLIAM

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hamamelis mollis plant is characterized by exceptionally large and abundant flowers with a rich fruity fragrance. It is also unique in that the leaves promptly drop in the fall, not persisting in an unsightly condition throughout the winter as in ordinary Hamamelis mollis seedlings.

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 cultivar of Hamamelis mollis plant characterized by exceptionally large and abundant flowers with a rich fruity fragrance, and rapid abscission of its leaves in autumn.

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