US Plant Patent PP12204
Mattie Mae Smith
Magnolia virginiana named ‘Mattie Mae Smith’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 12, 2019. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP12204
- Filed
- July 12, 1999
- Granted
- November 13, 2001
- Expires
- July 12, 2019
- Assignee
- HINES NURSERIES INC
- Inventor
- SMITH JOHN ALLEN
Abstract
A new and distinct plant variety of Magnolia virginiana var. australis characterized by its distinctive variegated foliage.
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 plant of Magnolia virginiana var. australis of the variety substantially as shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12204 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.