Skip to content
The Patent Garden

US Plant Patent PP10179

Komet

Azalea plant named Komet

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 22, 2016. 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
PP10179
Filed
May 22, 1996
Granted
January 6, 1998
Expires
May 22, 2016
Inventor
GLASER KARL

Abstract

An azalea plant named Komet particularly characterized by its evergreen foliage, double flower form, white flower color with dark salmon flecks and occasional stripes, free branching, compact semi-upright plant habit, uniform flowering response in a year round controlled program, and by its good tolerance and keeping quality.

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 cltivar of azalea plant named Komet, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10179 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.