US Plant Patent PP7115
Hilbird
Carnation named Hilbird
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 10, 2009. 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
- PP7115
- Filed
- February 10, 1989
- Granted
- January 16, 1990
- Expires
- February 10, 2009
Abstract
A new spray carnation variety particularly characterized by its continuous blooming habit with profuse production of relatively small flowers having a moderate number of imbricated petals with an overall lavender lilac coloration, the flowers being borne on erect, rigid stems of about 60 cm. in length emitted from a plant having a strong, vigorous and upright growth habit with abundant foliage and a total height averaging about 110 cm.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. The new and distinct spray carnation variety, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its relatively small flowers having an overall lavender-lilac coloration, its profuse production of blooms carried on a long flower stem, and its vigorous and upright growth habit with abundant foliage.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7115 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.