US Plant Patent PP8480
Snowflakes
Dicentra eximia `Snowflakes`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 25, 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
- PP8480
- Filed
- November 25, 1991
- Granted
- November 30, 1993
- Expires
- November 25, 2011
- Assignee
- BLOOMS OF BRESSINGHAM LTD
- Inventor
- FUSSEY JOYCE
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Dicentra eximia which bears prolific white flowers beginning in March and continuing to flower into October, although the blooming period will depend somewhat on the age of the plant and its environment. The plant is compact and ideal for use in borders or containers.
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 Dicentra eximia, substantially as shown and described, characterized by prolific flowering, having clusters of white blossoms on racemes rising from the plant base, low or no seed production, excellent vigor and hardiness and a flowering season longer than normal for the species with little or no necessity for pinching to maintain blooming.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8480 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.