US Plant Patent PP10590
Barrett Cole
Sugar maple `Barrett Cole`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 10, 2017. 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
- PP10590
- Filed
- January 10, 1997
- Granted
- September 8, 1998
- Expires
- January 10, 2017
- Assignee
- FRANK SCHMIDT & SON CO J
- Inventor
- COLE ROBERT B
Abstract
A sugar maple tree named `Barret Cole` having a compact growth habit, and a dwarf or semi-dwarf growth rate. My new cultivar has a short internode length and has a narrow upright shape with a straight, dominant leader.
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 sugar maple tree substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by a compact growth habit, a short internode length, and a narrow upright shape with a straight, dominant leader.
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