US Plant Patent PP14821

Seward

Physocarpus plant named ‘Seward’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 21, 2023. 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 PP14821, the photograph of Seward printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14821, 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: PP14821
Filed: July 21, 2003
Granted: May 25, 2004
Expires: July 21, 2023
Assignee: SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
Inventor: WOOD TIMOTHY D

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Physocarpus plant named ‘Seward’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit; freely branching growth habit; and small dark purple-colored leaves with deep lobes and serration.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Physocarpus plant named ‘Seward’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14821 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.