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US Plant Patent PP32784

Traveler

Hemlock tree named ‘Traveler’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 9, 2039.

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 PP32784, the photograph of Traveler printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32784, 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
PP32784
Filed
September 9, 2019
Granted
February 2, 2021
Expires
September 9, 2039
Assignee
US AGRICULTURE
Inventor
BENTZ SUSAN E

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid Tsuga cultivar tree named ‘Traveler’ is disclosed, characterized by a slightly weeping and graceful pyramidal habit, tolerance to hemlock woolly adelgid, and moderately slow growth rate. ‘Traveler’ is well-suited for use as a landscape tree in a large yard or park. It transplants well from containers.

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

The claimed plant is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of hemlock tree, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by a slightly weeping and graceful pyramidal habit, tolerance to hemlock woolly adelgid, and moderately slow growth rate.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32784 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.