NextGen

NextGen

Populus plant named ‘NextGen’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 22, 2043.

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 PP36135, the photograph of NextGen printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36135, 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.

Abstract

The invention is a new and distinct variety of male Populus tree named ‘NextGen’ that is characterized by its superior to above average field growth performance, its excellent to above average rooting rate, its disease resistance to foliar rusts ( Melampsora sp.), leaf spots ( Marssonina sp.) and stem cankers ( Septoria sp.), its vigorous vegetative growth and production in nursery stoolbeds, its cold hardiness for overwintering and surviving in Minnesota with no frost damage, its wide-spread superior growth performance in many test locations (ie: MN, MI, WI, IA, IN, NY, etc); able to be considered “geo-robust” after years of testing, its replicated growth testing and evidence of promising performance and evaluation in phytoremediation research testing and applications, and its male flowers that do not produce seeds.

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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of Populus tree named ‘NextGen’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36135 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

The record

Abstract