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US Plant Patent PP16733

BAKharl

Sugar maple tree named ‘BAKharl’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 28, 2024. 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 PP16733, the photograph of BAKharl printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16733, 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
PP16733
Filed
June 28, 2004
Granted
June 27, 2006
Expires
June 28, 2024
Inventor
BAKER SR ROBERT W

Abstract

A sugar maple tree named ‘BAKharl’ having a brilliant and unique fall color presentation and an upright structure that develops into a full and spreading crown.

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 its brilliant and unique fall color presentation and its upright structure that develops into a full and spreading crown.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16733 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.