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US Plant Patent PP6093

Mei Cheng

Carnation named Mei Cheng

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 15, 2005. 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
PP6093
Filed
November 15, 1985
Granted
February 2, 1988
Expires
November 15, 2005
Inventor
NOBBIO GIACOMO

Abstract

A new, hybrid carnation, distinguished by its profuse production of Tyrian Purple flowers of medium size, each petal of which is bordered with a ruffled margin of a light color, approaching white, the flowers being borne singly on strong, upright pedicels, which are carried on sturdy, upright peduncles about 45-60 cm. long.

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 variety of carnation plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its high productivity of Tyrian Purple flowers borne singly on upright pedicles, the flowers being characterized by having petals which have a ruffled margin of a light color, approximating white.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6093 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.