US Plant Patent PP18036

Silvanus 1

Thuja plant named ‘Silvanus 1’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 7, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 20, 2025. This patent earned 78 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18036
Filed: September 20, 2005
Granted: September 18, 2007
Expires: December 7, 2025
Assignee: NEMETH JENOE
Inventor: NEMETH JENOE

Abstract

‘Silvanus 1’ is a new variety of Thuja occidentalis that exhibits medium dense branching and is suitable for use as a solitary garden plant or for use as a field hedge.

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 Thuja occidentalis plant named ‘Silvanus 1’ as is herein described and illustrated.

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