US Plant Patent PP23361
JFS-Caddo2
Sugar maple tree named ‘JFS-Caddo2’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 7, 2031.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 6, 2030. This patent earned 122 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP23361
- Filed
- December 6, 2010
- Granted
- January 29, 2013
- Expires
- April 7, 2031
- Assignee
- FRANK SCHMIDT & SON CO J, WARREN KEITH S
- Inventor
- WARREN KEITH S
Abstract
A variety of sugar maple which combines intense bright red fall color, an upright oval to slightly pyramidal canopy shape, and foliage that is dark green, moderately resistant to powdery mildew, and very resistant to heat.
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.
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