US Plant Patent PP15943

Taylor

Japanese Maple plant named ‘Taylor’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 17, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 28, 2024. This patent earned 50 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15943
Filed: June 28, 2004
Granted: September 6, 2005
Expires: August 17, 2024
Assignee: WITTEMAN & CO
Inventor: VAN DER MAAT DIANA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Japanese Maple plant named ‘Taylor’, characterized by its upright plant habit; brownish red-colored stems; and green and pink bi-colored leaves.

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 Japanese Maple plant named ‘Taylor’, as illustrated and described.

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