US Plant Patent PP9788
Grant's Seedless Zn-4
Sweet Gum Tree named `Grant's Seedless Zn-4`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 31, 2015. 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
- PP9788
- Filed
- August 31, 1995
- Granted
- January 28, 1997
- Expires
- August 31, 2015
- Inventor
- GRANT WILLIAM R; GRANT ELIZABETH M; GRANT W CAL
Abstract
A new and distinct Sweet Gum tree named `Grant's Seedless Zn-4`, which is particularly characterized by its lack of fruits or seed pods, and its hardiness to minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit (USDA ZONE 4B), and, its canopy, which allows vigorous and healthy lawn growth and has intense Burgundy red and golden yellow Fall colors.
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We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Sweet Gum tree, named `Grant's Seedless Zn-4` as described and illustrated, and which is particularly characterized by its lack of fruits or seed pods, and its hardiness to minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit (USDA Zone 4b). and, its canopy, which allows vigorous and healthy lawn growth and has intense Burgundy red and golden yellow Fall colors.
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