US Plant Patent PP16629

ABMTF

Trident maple tree named ‘ABMTF’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 31, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 28, 2024. This patent earned 34 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16629, the photograph of ABMTF printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16629, 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: PP16629
Filed: July 28, 2004
Granted: June 13, 2006
Expires: August 31, 2024
Assignee: SOUTHERN SELECTIONS LLC
Inventor: MOON DWAYNE C

Abstract

A Trident maple tree ( Acer buergerianum ) named ‘ABMTF’ having an upright oval canopy, dense branching, smooth bark that has minimal exfoliation, and vigorous growth rate, and is capable of being reproduced reliably from vegetative cuttings.

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 Trident maple tree ( Acer buergerianum ) named ‘ABMTF’ substantially as illustrated and described herein.

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