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US Plant Patent PP16625

CFPC Tess

Carnation plant called ‘CFPC Tess’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 13, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 30, 2024. This patent earned 105 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16625, the photograph of CFPC Tess printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16625, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP16625
Filed
April 30, 2004
Granted
June 13, 2006
Expires
August 13, 2024
Assignee
HASEGAWA OSCAR T
Inventor
HASEGAWA OSCAR T

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of carnation plant characterized by large, full-size spray type flowers, which open fully without bursting the calyx and causing splits.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of carnation plant identified as ‘CFPC Tess’, substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16625 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.