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US Plant Patent PP12065

Jim Wilson

Sweet bay magnolia tree named ‘Jim Wilson’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 4, 2019. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP12065
Filed
January 4, 1999
Granted
August 28, 2001
Expires
January 4, 2019
Inventor
CULLY EARL

Abstract

A new and distinct sweet bay magnolia named ‘Jim Wilson’ characterized by its distinct upright growth habit, semi-evergreen foliage, fragrant, lemon-scented flowers, and its ability to withstand much lower winter temperatures than trees of the species known to me.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Sweet Bay Magnolia tree named ‘Jim Wilson’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12065 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.