US Plant Patent PP16769

Frank Jr

Red Maple tree named ‘Frank Jr.’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 14, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 16, 2025. This patent earned 90 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16769
Filed: March 16, 2005
Granted: July 4, 2006
Expires: June 14, 2025
Assignee: FRANK & SCHMIDT & CO J
Inventor: WARREN KEITH S

Abstract

A variety of Red Maple which combines an upright pyramidal form with a distinctly straight central leader, unusually dark summer foliage, bright red fall color.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Red Maple tree, substantially as herein shown and described.

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