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US Plant Patent PP19759

FBQV1

Live oak tree named ‘FBQV1’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 12, 2027.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 28, 2026. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP19759, the photograph of FBQV1 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19759, 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
PP19759
Filed
December 28, 2006
Granted
February 24, 2009
Expires
March 12, 2027
Assignee
FISH BRANCH TREE FARM INC
Inventor
EASEY NORMAN C

Abstract

A distinct variety of live oak ( Quercus virginiana ) named ‘FBQV1’ which is distinctive in having a dense, broadly pyramidal shaped, upright canopy; a dominant central leader; well placed scaffold branches and numerous small lateral spur branches, generally without included bark in the branch unions; mature dark foliage with leaves typically being about one and one-quarter inches to two and one-half inches long and about three-eighths to about one-half inch wide; and an evergreen habit. The canopy is very dense with interior and exterior foliage provided by abundant interior spur branches.

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 Live Oak ( Ouercus virginiana ) tree named ‘FBQV22’, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19759 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.