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US Plant Patent PP19807

Sandersville

Sugar maple tree named ‘Sandersville’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 6, 2028.

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 PP19807, the photograph of Sandersville printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19807, reproduced as printed. The patent carries the notice © 2001, except where ordinary dictionary significance of color is indicated, which under 37 CFR 1.71(e) is given alongside permission to reproduce the document.

The record

Patent number
PP19807
Filed
February 6, 2008
Granted
March 10, 2009
Expires
February 6, 2028
Assignee
ATHENA TREES INC
Inventor
BARBOUR JOHN H; REEVES ANTHONY BRENT

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of sugar maple tree named ‘Sandersville’, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by consistent vibrant orange fall colors in hardiness zone 8, heat tolerance and a vigorous growth rate when growing in this hardiness zone.

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 named ‘Sandersville’, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by consistent vibrant orange fall colors in hardiness zone 8, heat tolerance and a vigorous growth rate when growing in this hardiness zone.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19807 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.