US Plant Patent PP10891
Panfilia
Azalea plant named `Panfilia`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 18, 2017. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 12, 2018, but this patent ends 116 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP10891
- Filed
- January 12, 1998
- Granted
- May 11, 1999
- Expires
- September 18, 2017
- Assignee
- MONROVIA NURSERY CO
- Inventor
- BLYTHE EUGENE
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Azalea plant named `Panfilia`, characterized by its uniform, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; durable dark green leaves; large attractive bicolored double flowers with white to light pink petals with dark pink margins; ruffled flowers; and good postproduction longevity with plants maintaining flowers for about five weeks.
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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Azalea plant named `Panfilia`, as illustrated and
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