US Plant Patent PP5740
Morlof
Dieffenbachia cv. Morlof
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 14, 2004. 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
- PP5740
- Filed
- March 14, 1984
- Granted
- May 6, 1986
- Expires
- March 14, 2004
- Assignee
- MOREL ET CIE S N C
- Inventor
- MOREL MICHEL P; MOREL VINCENT C
Abstract
The invention concerns a new and distinct variety of dieffenbachia cv. Morlof that can be economically produced for large-scale ornamentation and decoration and obtained by vegetative reproduction wherein the chief characteristics of the new variety are the size of the foliar arrangement, the spindle-shaped form of the leaves garnished with pale yellow-white variegations, the small size and large number of the vegetative shoots due to the non-inhibition of the axillaries, the growth density and the much higher production of small-size slips.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. The new and distinct variety of dieffenbachia substantially as herein shown and described, being particularly characterized in its spindle-shaped leaves, garnished with pale yellow-white variegations; in its displaying a large foliar framework; and in its numerous vegetative shoots due to the non-inhibition of the axillaries in quantities much greater than are usually found in the classic Tropic White variety, thereby resulting in a much greater growth density and in the production of small-size slips.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5740 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.