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US Plant Patent PP7547

Egglii Prostrata

Sequoia sempervirens tree named `Egglii Prostrata`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 27, 2009. 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
PP7547
Filed
June 27, 1989
Granted
June 4, 1991
Expires
June 27, 2009

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Sequoia sempervirens Egglii Prostrata characterized particularly but its prostrate growth characteristics, and its main stem branching at a low height relative to the ground surface.

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

Having described and illustrated the new and distinct variety Sequoia sempervirens Egglii Prostrata, what is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Sequoia sempervirens Egglii Prostrata substantially as illustrated and described, characterized particularly by its prostrate growth characteristics, and its main stem branching at a low height relative to the ground surface as compared to wild-type Sequoia sempervirens.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7547 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.