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US Plant Patent PP15217

QPMTF

Willow oak tree named ‘QPMTF’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 15, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 13, 2022. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15217, the photograph of QPMTF printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15217, 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
PP15217
Filed
November 13, 2002
Granted
October 12, 2004
Expires
November 15, 2022
Assignee
SOUTHERN SELECTIONS L L C
Inventor
MOON DWAYNE C

Abstract

A Willow Oak ( Quercus phellos ) named ‘QPMTF’ having a dominant leader, broad spreading habit with dense canopy, fast growth rate, and spider mite resistance and also 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.

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Willow Oak tree named ‘QPMTF’ substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its dominant leader, broad-spreading habit with dense canopy, fast growth rate, and spider mite resistance.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15217 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.