US Plant Patent PP4098
Matador
Carnation plant named Matador
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 6, 1994. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 7, 1996, but this patent ends 762 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP4098
- Filed
- October 7, 1976
- Granted
- September 6, 1977
- Expires
- September 6, 1994
- Assignee
- DENVER WHOLESALE FLORISTS COMP
- Inventor
- KRAPES DAVID A
Abstract
A new variety of carnation plant distinguished by its high production of dark red flowers of a medium size borne on very sturdy and long stems, by its vigorous and much branched growth habit, its continuous flowering from Spring through Fall, and its relatively long lasting quality as a cut flower.
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 distinct high crowned dark red flowers which are borne on long and sturdy stems, its profuse production of blossoms during its blooming period, and by its very small amount of bullheading.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4098 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.