US Plant Patent PP10294
Melodie
Azalea plant named Melodie
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
- PP10294
- Filed
- May 22, 1996
- Granted
- March 24, 1998
- Expires
- May 22, 2016
- Inventor
- GLASER KARL
Abstract
An azalea plant named Melodie particularly characterized by its evergreen foliage, double flower form, light salmon-pink flower color with red flecks and white margin, free branching, compact semi-upright plant habit, uniform flowering response in a year round controlled program, and by its good cooler 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 cultivar of azalea plant named Melodie, as described and illustrated.
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