US Plant Patent PP6959
Monka
Bougainvillea hybrid cv. Monka
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 6, 2008. 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
- PP6959
- Filed
- September 6, 1988
- Granted
- August 1, 1989
- Expires
- September 6, 2008
Abstract
A new and distinct selection of Bougainvillea shrub which shall be referred to hereinafter as Bougainvillea hybrid cultivar Monka. Bougainvillea hybrid cultivar Monka differs distinctively from other bougainvillea plants by a unique combination of floriferous habit, dwarf mounding shape, and vibrant purple flower bracts.
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 selection of Bougainvillea as substantially shown and described herein, that is characterized particularly as a novelty by the unique combination of floriferous habit, dwarf mounding shape, and vibrant purple flower bracts.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6959 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.