US Plant Patent PP9771
Lace Lady
Robinia plant named `Lace Lady`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 25, 2015. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP9771
- Filed
- April 25, 1995
- Granted
- December 31, 1996
- Expires
- April 25, 2015
- Inventor
- CUNNINGHAM PETER
Abstract
A distinctive new variety of Robinia pseudoacacia having a a bushy shrub growth habit is provided. The branches have a generally short zigzag internodal growth configuration. Miniature spines commonly are present on at least some of the branches. The mature leaves commonly possess severely curled leaflets.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Robinia pseudoacacia plant, substantially as illustrated and described, which exhibits: (a) a bushy shrub shrub growth habit, (b) the formation of branches having a generally short zigzag internodal growth configuration, (c) the propensity to form spines on at least some branches, and (d) the formation of mature leaves that commonly possess severely curled leaflets.
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