US Plant Patent PP10423
Am-erika Touch-O-Pink
Dogwood (Cornus florida) named `Am-erika Touch-O-Pink`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 24, 2016. 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
- PP10423
- Filed
- May 24, 1996
- Granted
- June 2, 1998
- Expires
- May 24, 2016
- Inventor
- STANLEY HOWARD W
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of dogwood, Cornus florida, is provided which forms extremely large and distinctive blooms wherein the petals are pink on the outside fading to almost white in the center. The plant produces larger than normal leaves and exhibits superior growth rate and a hardy resistance to disease.
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 Dogwood tree, Cornus florida, named `Am-erika Touch-O-Pink`, characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms extremely large and distinctive blooms wherein the petals are pink along the outer edge fading to almost white in the center; (b) larger than normal leaves; and (c) superior growth rate and a hardy resistance to disease; substantially as herein shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10423 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.