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US Plant Patent PP6217

Gwen

Yew named Gwen

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 7, 2005. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record

Patent number
PP6217
Filed
October 7, 1985
Granted
July 12, 1988
Expires
October 7, 2005
Inventor
FRANZ LLOYD W

Abstract

A new variety from dwarf Taxus or Hicksi yew particularly distinguished by its very hardy and compact naturally global growth habit and its much richer color than other plants of the hicksi family. Also, this new plant readily withstands the harshest weather conditions and has no signs of winter or spring burn which affects other plants grown in the same open areas in which my new plant is cultivated.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of yew substantially as herein shown and described and particularly distinguished by its richer color than its companion plants growing in the same environment, and by its very slow, naturally global growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6217 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.