US Plant Patent PP34818
JFS KW4ZS
Japanese Zelkova tree named ‘JFS KW4ZS’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 25, 2042.
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
- PP34818
- Filed
- April 25, 2022
- Granted
- December 13, 2022
- Expires
- April 25, 2042
- Assignee
- J FRANK SCHMIDT & SON CO
- Inventor
- WARREN KEITH S
Abstract
A variety of Zelkova serrata with a combination of an upright branching vase shaped semi compact tree form with dark green foliage and orange to orange red fall color.
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 Zelkova tree named ‘JFS KW4ZS’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.
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