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US Plant Patent PP4635

Red Sunset

Alstroemeria named Red Sunset

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 23, 1999. 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
PP4635
Filed
April 23, 1979
Granted
January 27, 1981
Expires
April 23, 1999
Inventor
VAN STAAVEREN M C

Abstract

A new Alstroemeria variety characterized by its darkish red petals, the inner ones of which have a yellow base over which short brown pencil-stripe spots appear in longitudinally extending rows, and by its vigorous upright growth with more-or-less continuous production of flowers on each branch during each of its recurrent blooming seasons.

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

I claim: 1. The new and distinct variety of Alstroemeria plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the distinctive red coloring of the flowers and the yellow coloring at the base of each of the inside petals, and by the straight, sturdy and long peduncle which supports each of the flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4635 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.