US Plant Patent PP27646
Joan Lionetti
Texas live oak tree named ‘Joan Lionetti’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 3, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 17, 2034. This patent earned 169 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP27646
- Filed
- June 17, 2014
- Granted
- February 7, 2017
- Expires
- December 3, 2034
- Assignee
- SHIPLEY NICHOLAS
- Inventor
- SHIPLEY NICHOLAS
Abstract
A new and distinct Quercus fusiformis variety named ‘Joan Lionetti’ is characterized by dark green colored leaves, dense upreaching crown structure, excellent adaptation to conditions prevailing in the southwestern United States, with relatively low mast production.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct Quercus fusiformis plant substantially as described and illustrated herein.
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