US Plant Patent PP16254

QNSTD

Oak tree named ‘QNSTD’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 6, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 21, 2024. This patent earned 77 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16254, the photograph of QNSTD printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16254, 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: PP16254
Filed: May 21, 2004
Granted: February 14, 2006
Expires: August 6, 2024
Assignee: TREE INTRODUCTIONS INC
Inventor: GLENN MICHAEL M

Abstract

An oak tree named ‘QNSTD’ having a dense branching habit and consistent red new growth persisting in summer, 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 by its dense branching habit and its consistent red new growth persisting in summer.

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