US Plant Patent PP16094

Steeplechase

Thuja plant named ‘Steeplechase’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 29, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 19, 2024. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16094, the photograph of Steeplechase printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16094, 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: PP16094
Filed: May 19, 2004
Granted: November 1, 2005
Expires: May 29, 2024
Assignee: MANOR VIEW FARM INC
Inventor: JONES ALAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Thuja plant named ‘Steeplechase’, characterized by its broadly pyramidal plant form; dark green-colored leaves; finely-dissected foliage; and dense and bushy appearance.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Thuja plant named ‘Steeplechase’, as illustrated and described.

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