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US Plant Patent PP17525

Curly Poplar

Poplar tree named ‘Curly Poplar’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 22, 2025. 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 PP17525, the photograph of Curly Poplar printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17525, 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
PP17525
Filed
April 22, 2005
Granted
March 27, 2007
Expires
April 22, 2025
Assignee
PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Inventor
MEILAN RICHARD; GROBER SAMUEL

Abstract

A popular tree particularly distinguished by having highly figured wood is disclosed.

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

1. A new and distinct poplar tree as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17525 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.