US Plant Patent PP16652

RT4

Red Maple tree named ‘RT4’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 26, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 13, 2024. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16652, the photograph of RT4 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16652, 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: PP16652
Filed: October 13, 2004
Granted: June 13, 2006
Expires: December 26, 2024
Assignee: TATE RAY
Inventor: TATE RAY

Abstract

A Red Maple tree named ‘RT4’ and distinguished by having a bark of a striking reddish-brown color and capable of being reliably reproduced from vegetative cuttings.

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

1. What is claimed is a new and distinct variety of Red Maple tree named ‘RT4’ substantially as shown and described, and characterized particularly as to novelty by its striking reddish-brown bark.

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