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US Plant Patent PP17537

Tunpetti

Sycamore maple tree named ‘Tunpetti’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 4, 2025. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17537, the photograph of Tunpetti printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17537, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP17537
Filed
August 4, 2005
Granted
March 27, 2007
Expires
August 4, 2025
Assignee
PBA TUNDRA SUPPLY LTD
Inventor
GAGNON PAUL; GAGNON BARBARA ANN

Abstract

A sycamore maple tree named ‘Tunpetti’ having unique foliage color. In summer, the upper leaf surface is dark green, and the underside is greyed burgundy in color with vibrant red petioles. The foliage changes to a superb bright yellow upper and warm pink lower surface color during autumn. The bark of ‘Tunpetti’ is uniform and smooth with only a slight scaliness and limited vertical fissuring. In addition, ‘Tunpetti’ has been observed to be exceptionally resistant to “tar spot”, a leaf disease common amongst Aceraceae .

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 sycamore maple tree named “Tunpetti” substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17537 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.