US Plant Patent PP4995
selection
Bougainvillea selection
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 22, 2001. 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
- PP4995
- Filed
- June 22, 1981
- Granted
- March 15, 1983
- Expires
- June 22, 2001
- Assignee
- MONROVIA NURSERY CO
- Inventor
- COMSTOCK CLIFTON C
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Bougainvillea vine (popularly known by the same name). A chance seedling selection of a plant with a combination of superior qualities of (1) large flower bracts; (2) vibrant purple colored bracts; (3) deeper and more colorful purple pubescent new growth.
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, a selection characterized by a superior combination of unusually large and vibrant purple colored flower bracts and a deeper and more colorful purple pubescent new growth.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4995 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.