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US Plant Patent PP12871

Timeless

Azalea plant named ‘Timeless’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 25, 2021. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12871, the photograph of Timeless printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12871, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP12871
Filed
June 25, 2001
Granted
August 20, 2002
Expires
June 25, 2021
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
GLICENSTEIN LEON; BERGMAN WENDY R

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Azalea plant named ‘Timeless’, characterized by its dark green glossy leaves that do not abscise during the cooling and forcing periods; compact plants with dense, upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; very freely branching habit; rapid flowering response; numerous, large and showy bright pink-colored flowers; hose-in-hose flower form; ruffled petal margins; excellent postproduction longevity; and very low incidence of infection with Cylindrocladium in inoculated trials.

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 Azalea plant named ‘Timeless’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12871 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.