US Plant Patent PP9923
Melany
Ficus variety plant named `Melany`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 3, 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
- PP9923
- Filed
- January 3, 1996
- Granted
- June 10, 1997
- Expires
- January 3, 2016
- Assignee
- PLANTENKWEKERIJ P VAN GEEST B
- Inventor
- VAN GEEST JAN
Abstract
A variety of Ficus elastica having small glossy leaves, compact growth habit, and short internode length.
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 Ficus elastica plant named `Melany`, substantially as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9923 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.