US Plant Patent PP20615
Adeline
Oak tree named ‘Adeline’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 28, 2027.
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
- PP20615
- Filed
- December 28, 2007
- Granted
- December 29, 2009
- Expires
- December 28, 2027
- Assignee
- ROOD MICHAEL ANTHONY, WALKENBACH WILLIAM
- Inventor
- ROOD MICHAEL ANTHONY; WALKENBACH WILLIAM
Abstract
A new and distinct Hybrid Oak tree named ‘Adeline’ characterized by its very narrow pyramidal habit of growth, its winter hardiness, and hybrid vigor. Also for its dark green, mildew-resistant foliage and its ability to withstand wind and ice without breakage.
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 hybrid oak tree Quercus bicolor×Quercus robur ‘Fastigiata’, named ‘Adeline’, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20615 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.