US Plant Patent PP9724
Monica
Carnation plant named Monica
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 10, 2015. 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
- PP9724
- Filed
- August 10, 1995
- Granted
- December 3, 1996
- Expires
- August 10, 2015
- Assignee
- YODER BROTHERS INC
- Inventor
- VANDENBERG CORNELIS P
Abstract
A carnation plant named Monica particularly characterized by its commercial double flower type; flat, high centered flower form; red flower color; diameter of flower of 55 to 58 mm when fully opened, when grown as a spray carnation; petal margins are slightly serrated and ruffled; strong, flexible stems; high production of flowering stems per plant; high production of flowers, with 5 to 7 flowering laterals developing per stem; flowering response of 26 weeks after planting rooted cuttings; very resistant to Fusarium oxysporum; and recommended as a miniature (spray) carnation.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct carnation plant named Monica, as described and illustrated.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9724 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.