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US Plant Patent PP5214

bonsai

Cuphea plant table top bonsai

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 28, 2002. 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
PP5214
Filed
September 28, 1982
Granted
April 3, 1984
Expires
September 28, 2002
Inventor
POTTBERG CLIFTON F

Abstract

A new seedling of Cuphea hyssopifolia characterized by a dwarf size, internodal dwarfing, a spreading growth form and profuse, substantially constant blooming.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Cuphea plant substantially as herein described, characterized particularly as to novelty by its compact size, internodal dwarfing, and spreading growth form.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5214 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.