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US Plant Patent PP16862

AFTO-1

White oak tree named ‘AFTO-1’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 12, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 17, 2024. This patent earned 117 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16862, the photograph of AFTO-1 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16862, 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
PP16862
Filed
August 17, 2004
Granted
July 25, 2006
Expires
December 12, 2024
Assignee
AMERICAN FORESTRY TECHNOLOGIES
Inventor
BEINEKE WALTER F

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of white oak tree ( Quercus alba L.) which is distinctly characterized by extremely rapid growth rate, strong central stem tendency, and excellent straightness, thereby producing good timber qualities was discovered by the applicant near South Raub, Tippeconoe County, Ind. in a white oak planting of seedling progeny from unknown sources, although it may be a seedling from WO-43 for which a separate patent application is filed. This selection has been designated as ‘AFTO-1’ in records maintained by the applicant on the performance of this selection, and grafts made from the selection and will be known henceforth as ‘AFTO-1’.

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 white oak tree, Quercus alba L. named ‘AFTO-1’ substantially as illustrated and described, which has excellent timber quality, extremely rapid growth rate, strong central stem tendency, and excellent straightness.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16862 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.