Skip to content
The Patent Garden

US Plant Patent PP16815

Hawkersmith 1

Sugar maple named ‘Hawkersmith 1’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 29, 2022. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16815, the photograph of Hawkersmith 1 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16815, 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
PP16815
Filed
August 29, 2002
Granted
July 11, 2006
Expires
August 29, 2022
Assignee
HEARTLAND NURSERY COMPANY
Inventor
HAWKERSMITH LOUIS A

Abstract

A new culivar of Sugar Maple tree ( Acer saccharum ) having a compact oval appearance, dark red to bronze new growth and fall foliage, small, dark and slightly thicker leaves, good summer heat and drought resistance and cold hardiness. The tree is beautiful, compact, tought, colorful and functional as an ornamental shade tree.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Sugar Maple tree substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by a compact shape, moderate to slow growth, small, dark and somewhat thicker leaves, good drought and summer heat resistance, resistance to wind and cold, and new growth and fall coloration being dark red to bronze.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16815 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.