US Plant Patent PP9439
Athena
Azalea plant named Athena
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 31, 2015. 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
- PP9439
- Filed
- January 31, 1995
- Granted
- January 23, 1996
- Expires
- January 31, 2015
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- MOSER FRANK C
Abstract
An azalea plant named Anthena particularly characterized by its evergreen foliage, semi-double flower with slightly frilled margins, coral-pink flower color, ease of budding, uniform plant habit and flowering response in a year round controlled program, and by its excellent cooler tolerance and keeping quality.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of azalea named Athena, as described and illustrated.
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