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US Plant Patent PP7514

CFPC Twilight

Carnation plant named CFPC Twilight

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 9, 2010. 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
PP7514
Filed
February 9, 1990
Granted
May 7, 1991
Expires
February 9, 2010

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Carnation plant named CFPC Twilight, a cross from breeding patented, (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,580) commercially available, seed parent Carnation plant named Pamela and unnamed and unpatented pollen parent identified as No. 00715, distinguished from its parents, as well as any other variety known to me, by its bright purple color, abundant and stable production, fast growing response which does not slow down during cool periods, and small flower size with smooth petals yielding a "petite" appearance, a characteristic currently in-demand by the commercial flower industry.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinctive cultivar of Carnation plant, named CFPC Twilight substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7514 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.