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US Plant Patent PP17768

KF1-1

Interspecific hybrid Dogwood Tree designated ‘KF1-1’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 1, 2025. 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 PP17768, the photograph of KF1-1 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17768, 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
PP17768
Filed
August 1, 2005
Granted
May 29, 2007
Expires
August 1, 2025
Assignee
RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSTIY
Inventor
ORTON ELWIN R; GANT DAVID A

Abstract

An F 1 interspecific hybrid of Cornus kousa×C. florida that is distinguished by its large bracts, a compact and dense attitude, wider than tall, and a flowering habit in the middle of the blooming season for the commercially available cultivars of Cornus kousa×C. florida. The cultivar has a high level of winter hardiness, and is highly resistant to dogwood anthracnose and the common dogwood borer.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of dogwood tree comprising an F 1 interspecific hybrid of Cornus kousa×C. florida substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17768 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.