US Plant Patent PP14424

QSFTC

Oak tree named ‘QSFTC’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 17, 2022. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14424, the photograph of QSFTC printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14424, 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: PP14424
Filed: April 17, 2002
Granted: December 30, 2003
Expires: April 17, 2022
Assignee: TREE INTRODUCTIONS INC
Inventor: STRICKLAND THOMAS JULIAN

Abstract

An Oak tree named ‘QSFTC’ having a dense, upright, uniform branching pattern, glossy, dark green leaf, and red fall color, and also which is 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.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Oak tree substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its unique glossy, dark green leaf and its red fall color.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14424 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.