US Plant Patent PP6061
Ace High
Carnation plant named Ace High
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 30, 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
- PP6061
- Filed
- October 30, 1985
- Granted
- December 15, 1987
- Expires
- October 30, 2005
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- DUFFETT WILLIAM E
Abstract
A carnation plant named Ace High which is an X-radiation induced color mutation from the commercial cultivar Ace, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,667. The singular distinguishing trait of Ace High is the extent, distribution and intensity of the color pattern comprised of variegated light orange and scarlet red.
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 cultivar of Dianthus caryophyllus, Linn., named Ace High as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized as to distinctiveness by the combined characteristics of commercial double flower type, flat, slightly reflexed form, miniature size of 45 to 65 mm. diameter, light orange with scarlet red variegated color, medium response, 6 to 8 flowers and buds showing color per stem, medium 10 to 12 cm. peduncle length, strong peduncle strength, and tall plant height.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6061 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.