US Plant Patent PP34495
QVCCN
Quercus tree named ‘QVCCN’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 24, 2042.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP34495
- Filed
- January 24, 2022
- Granted
- August 16, 2022
- Expires
- January 24, 2042
- Assignee
- WHITEHEAD DAN MILTON
- Inventor
- WHITEHEAD DAN MILTON
Abstract
A new cultivar of Quercus virginiana tree named ‘QVCCN’ that is characterized by its resilience to cold winter weather in South Carolina with a canopy that retains its previous years foliage rather than defoliating (appearing evergreen), its compact and dense canopy, its foliage that is dark green in color, and its upright branching habit.
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 Quercus tree named ‘QVCCN’ as herein illustrated and described.
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