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US Plant Patent PP6273

Lonfidex

Carnation named `Lonfidex`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 12, 2006. 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
PP6273
Filed
September 12, 1986
Granted
September 6, 1988
Expires
September 12, 2006
Inventor
BARBERET NICOLE; DUCLOUX YVES

Abstract

A new variety of spray carnation having small soft yellow blooms produced profusely at intermittent intervals of spring, midseason and fall, usually appearing in clusters at the upper portion of a strong, erect stem, the flowers being distinguished by the soft yellow color of the petals and the plant itself being distinguished by its moderately height and vigorous, upright and rather rigid habit.

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 variety of spray carnation, substantially as herein shown and described characterized by its intermittent flowering habit with profuse production of flowers having a soft yellow coloration, and having a rigid vigorous and upright growth habit with a normal height of about 84 cm. at eight months with a erect, rigid peduncle averaging about 58.7 cm. in length.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6273 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.