US Plant Patent PP4599
Yellow King
Alstroemeria plant named Yellow King
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
- PP4599
- Filed
- April 23, 1979
- Granted
- October 7, 1980
- Expires
- April 23, 1999
- Inventor
- VAN STAAVEREN M C
Abstract
A new variety of alstroemeria plant characterized by the brilliant yellow color of its unusual and prolifically produced blooms, each of which is presented on a long, strong peduncle; and by the relatively long-lasting quality of its flowers both on the plant and as cut flowers.
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 alstroemeria plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the distinctive darkish yellow overall coloring of its flower petals, its substantially continuous production of flowers, and the long-lasting quality of the flowers both on the stem and as cut flowers.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4599 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.