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US Plant Patent PP17220

ZSFKF

Japanese Zelkova tree named ‘ZSFKF’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 24, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 15, 2022. This patent earned 466 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17220, the photograph of ZSFKF printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17220, 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
PP17220
Filed
November 15, 2002
Granted
November 21, 2006
Expires
February 24, 2024
Assignee
SOUTHERN SELECTIONS LLC
Inventor
MOON DWAYNE C

Abstract

A Japanese Zelkova tree ( Zelkova serrata ) named ‘ZSFKF’ having a broad-spreading habit, fibrous root system, a more rapid growth rate, and heat tolerance and also capable of being reproduced reliably from vegetative cuttings.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Japanese Zelkova tree named ‘ZSFKF’ substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its broad-spreading habit, more rapid growth rate, fibrous root system, and heat tolerance.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17220 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.