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US Plant Patent PP8566

Cuddle Up

Cuddle Up

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 23, 2011. 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
PP8566
Filed
December 23, 1991
Granted
February 1, 1994
Expires
December 23, 2011
Inventor
BENNETT CECILIA L D; O'BRIEN SUSAN M

Abstract

The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, named `Cuddle Up`, which is characterized by blooms of pale yellow (ranging from near Mimosa Yellow to near Empire Yellow) with a pink blush (ranging from near Carmine Rose to near Neyron Rose which fades to near Orient Pink to near Shell Pink as the bloom opens). Blooms of this rose are usually borne one to a stem with hybrid tea form but on occasion may be produced in sprays of 3 to 5 or more. The bush is vigorous, well-branched and produces moderate to heavy quantity of blooms.

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

The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, named `Cuddle Up`, of hardy, dwarf, vigorous growth, well-branched and attractive in appearance, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its hybrid tea form blooms of ranging from near Mimosa Yellow to near Empire Yellow with a pink blush ranging from near Carmine Rose to near Neyron Rose that fades to tones ranging from near Orient Pink to near Shell Pink; the blooms are usually borne one to a stem but occasionally in sprays of 3 to 5 or more.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8566 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.