US Plant Patent PP8165

Hinshaw Mutant

Hinshaw Mutant white pine tree

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 25, 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: PP8165
Filed: June 25, 1991
Granted: March 2, 1993
Expires: June 25, 2011

Abstract

A conspicuously striking pine tree member of Pinus strobus with the unique ability to form clonal specimens of narrow conic to columnar figure; having dense, fine branching which is not layered in appearance and attractive foliage coloration; and forming tall, narrow specimens which can be planted at unusually high density for effect and landscaping or for high production of timber.

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 white pine tree substantially as described and illustrated, characterized as to novelty by its strongly ascending, whorled branches, forming acute angles with the trunk.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8165 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.