US Plant Patent PP10027
Ward
Sweet gum tree named Ward
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 4, 2016. 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
- PP10027
- Filed
- March 4, 1996
- Granted
- September 16, 1997
- Expires
- March 4, 2016
- Assignee
- HERITAGE TREES INC
- Inventor
- CULLY EARL
Abstract
A new and distinct sweet gum tree named `Ward` characterized by its nearly seedless habit, producing a very light crop of gumballs only a small number of which remain by autumn; excellent growth habit; winter hardiness, withstanding temperatures as low as -28° F. without damage, and by its beautiful corky bark.
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 gum tree named `Ward`, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10027 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.