US Plant Patent PP14791

Ron Williams

Rhamnus plant named ‘Ron Williams’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 21, 2023. 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 PP14791, the photograph of Ron Williams printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14791, 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: PP14791
Filed: July 21, 2003
Granted: May 18, 2004
Expires: July 21, 2023
Assignee: SPRING MEADOW NURSERY INC
Inventor: WILLIAMS RONALD

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Rhamnus plant named ‘Ron Williams’, characterized by its upright and columnar plant habit; freely branching growth habit; linear undulate foliage which gives a feathery appearance to the plant; low seed set; and nonviable seed.

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 Rhamnus plant named ‘Ron Williams’, as illustrated and described.

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