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US Plant Patent PP13870

Marie Bregeon

Pinus nigra plant named ‘Marie Bregeon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 19, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 17, 2021. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13870, the photograph of Marie Bregeon printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13870, 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
PP13870
Filed
July 17, 2001
Granted
June 10, 2003
Expires
July 19, 2021
Inventor
BREGEON HENRI

Abstract

A distinct Pinus plant named ‘Marie Bregeon’ characterized by natural round plant shape without trimming; light green foliage; spiraling needles; annual growth rate between 5 and 9 cm; cylindrical and gray buds in winter without resin and with a pointy tip; cylindrical and light brown buds in spring without resin; and light gray stipule around the needles, visible in the winter.

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 Pinus plant named ‘Marie Bregeon’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13870 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.