US Plant Patent PP9337
Liberty
Alstroemeria `Liberty`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 13, 2014. 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
- PP9337
- Filed
- December 13, 1994
- Granted
- October 17, 1995
- Expires
- December 13, 2014
- Assignee
- UNIV CONNECTICUT
- Inventor
- BRIDGEN MARK P
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Alstroemeria named `Liberty` is characterized by large blossoms that have tepals with central regions of pinkish/purple surrounded by white with numerous dark maroon streaks along the perimeter. The inside circle of 3 tepals are primarily white with numerous, wide longitudinal dark maroon/brown streaks; the top two tepals of this inner group of three also have pale yellow on their central portions. The individual florets are produced in large numbers on short peduncles. The plant is also distinguished by its short (approximately 45 cm. when grown in full sun), but strong, stems and its upright and vigorous growth habit. There is a continuous production of flowers on its umbel arrangement of branches during each of its blooming seasons.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinctive Alstroemeria plant substantially as shown and described, distinguished by its unique flower color, short growth habit, strong and numerous flowering stems, and numerous florets per inflorescence.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9337 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.