US Plant Patent PP16574

BAKrise

Sugar maple tree named ‘BAKrise’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 18, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 28, 2024. This patent earned 143 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16574
Filed: June 28, 2004
Granted: May 23, 2006
Expires: November 18, 2024
Assignee: BAKER WEST INC
Inventor: BAKER SR ROBERT W

Abstract

A sugar maple tree named ‘BAKrise’ having brilliant red fall foliage and an upright, spreading growth habit.

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 red fall foliage and an upright, spreading growth habit.

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