US Plant Patent PP4142
compakta
Escallonia (compakta) plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 1, 1994. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 19, 1996, but this patent ends 718 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP4142
- Filed
- October 19, 1976
- Granted
- November 1, 1977
- Expires
- November 1, 1994
- Inventor
- GAVELLO LOUIS E
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Escallonia plant characterized by its very compact mounding form, having a low height and spread greater than its height; distinct pink flowers; long blooming period; resistance to weather and disease; and slow growth and controlled habit.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
Having described and illustrated my new variety of Escallonia plant, I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Escallonia plant, substantially as illustrated and described and characterized as to novelty by: a. the very compact mounding form of the plant having a low height and spread greater than its height; b. the distinct pink color of the flowers; c. the long blooming period; d. its resistance to weather and disease; e. its slow growth and controlled habit, making it a very suitable plant for restricted areas.
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