US Plant Patent PP5528
Londesty
Carnation named Londesty
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 11, 2003. 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
- PP5528
- Filed
- July 11, 1983
- Granted
- August 6, 1985
- Expires
- July 11, 2003
- Assignee
- LONDE LAB PHYSIO VEGETALE
- Inventor
- BARBERET NICOLE; DUCLOUX YVES
Abstract
A new carnation cultivar particularly distinguished by the very light chartreuse yellow coloration of its blooms which are borne on long, strong, straight stems and which bloom profusely during the recurrent blooming seasons of Spring and Fall. This plant has a vigorous upright growth habit with moderately abundant foliage and a height averaging about 124 cm. at eight months, which provides rather extra long flower stems making it particularly advantageous for the cut flower market.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. The new and distinct carnation cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the very light yellow and white coloration of its medium sized blooms which are carried on long, straight, stiff stems; and by its advantageous growth habit and abundant production of flowers during its blooming seasons.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5528 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.