US Plant Patent PP9256
Beth
Texas native thornless mesquite `Beth`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 27, 2013. 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
- PP9256
- Filed
- September 27, 1993
- Granted
- August 22, 1995
- Expires
- September 27, 2013
- Inventor
- FELKER PETER; KORUS ANDREW
Abstract
A new and distinct Native Mesquite Tree, Prosopis glandulosa which is particularly characterized by its complete thornlessness, its tolerance of cold to -15 C., its extreme upright habit, its formation of a tree of good symmetry and balance, and by its adaptation to dry desert areas in the United States. The tree of this discovery presents an attractive shade tree to the landscape industry which does not require undue amounts of irrigation, and which will mature into a tall attractive specimen at full maturity.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of mesquite tree, Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa, substantially as illustrated and described, running true to the parent tree, which has a cold tolerance of -15 C., further characterized by being thornless, has much more of an erect habit, with smaller branch angles than the typical mesquite, does not have a typical weeping habit typical of native mesquites.
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