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US Plant Patent PP13262

Heuver

Hardy green ash tree named ‘Heuver’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 26, 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 1 of US plant patent PP13262, the photograph of Heuver printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13262, 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
PP13262
Filed
May 26, 2000
Granted
November 19, 2002
Expires
May 26, 2020
Assignee
BAILEY NURSERIES INC
Inventor
HEUVER HENRY J M

Abstract

An attractive male Green Ash tree is provided that exhibits extreme winter hardiness. An oval crown is formed that tends to be denser and more compact than that of the ‘Patmore’ variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,684). The branch angles generally are greater than those of the ‘Patmore’ variety. The leaflets are glossy dark green and generally display less serration than the ‘Patmore’ variety. Also, the bark generally is smoother than that of the ‘Patmore’ variety particularly when young. The new variety is well suited for growing as a street planting or an ornamental shade tree 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 Fraxinus pennsylvanica lanceolata plant which exhibits the following combination of characteristics: (a) Exhibits greater winter hardiness than the ‘Patmore variety’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,684), (b) Forms no seeds, (c) Forms glossy dark green leaflets having generally less serration than the ‘Patmore’ variety, (d) Exhibits when young a generally smoother bark than the ‘Patmore’ variety, (e) Exhibits an oval crown that is generally more dense and compact than that of the ‘Patmore’ variety, and (f) Is particularly well suited for growing as a street planting or as a shade tree in the landscape: substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13262 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.