US Plant Patent PP16401

QNSTC

Oak tree named ‘QNSTC’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 10, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 12, 2024. This patent earned 120 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16401, the photograph of QNSTC printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16401, 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: PP16401
Filed: April 12, 2004
Granted: April 4, 2006
Expires: August 10, 2024
Assignee: TREE INTRODUCTIONS INC
Inventor: GLENN MICHAEL M

Abstract

An Oak tree named ‘QNSTC’ having a dense, upright branching habit and consistent red to orange fall color, and also capable of being reproduced reliably using 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 Oak tree substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its dense, upright branching habit and its consistent red to orange fall color.

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