US Plant Patent PP5273
Flax Mill Majesty
Sugar maple named Flax Mill Majesty
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 8, 2002. 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
- PP5273
- Filed
- March 8, 1982
- Granted
- August 21, 1984
- Expires
- March 8, 2002
- Inventor
- ASHTON ROGER L
Abstract
This disclosure concerns a new and distinct variety of Acer saccharum, commonly known as sugar maple tree, characterized by a symmetrically shaped head at a very early age, not seen in the usual sugar maple tree, with a straight leader, an abundance of branches and a vigorous and hearty growth habit.
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 by the unique combination of relatively fast and dense growth in comparison to most sugar maple trees, a symmetrically shaped ovoid crown, freedom from frost cracking and by being extremely hardy, surviving in 38° F. below zero with no splitting or sun scald problems, and having very large leaves.
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