US Plant Patent PP15226

ACNRT1

Shumard oak tree named ‘ACNRT1’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 23, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 15, 2023. This patent earned 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15226, the photograph of ACNRT1 printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15226, 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: PP15226
Filed: August 15, 2003
Granted: October 12, 2004
Expires: September 23, 2023
Inventor: TATE RAY

Abstract

A Shumard Oak tree named ‘ACNRT1’ and distinguished by having an upright, well-branched central leader and also 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.

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Shumard Oak tree named ‘ACNRT1’ substantially as shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its upright, well-branched habit with a central leader.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15226 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.