US Plant Patent PP9512
Olysko
Floribunda rose plant names `Olysko`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 7, 2015. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 7, 2016, but this patent ends 366 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
- PP9512
- Filed
- March 7, 1996
- Granted
- April 23, 1996
- Expires
- March 7, 2015
- Assignee
- CONARD PYLE COMPANY
- Inventor
- OLIJ HUIBERT W
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Floribunda rose plant is provided which abundantly forms attractive double intense yellow blossoms which are long-lasting when cut and placed in a vase. The foliage is dark green and exhibits a glossy upper surface that contrasts well with the light blossom coloration. The plant exhibits vigorous vegetation and exhibits an erect growth habit. The new variety is well suited for cut flower production under greenhouse growing conditions.
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 Floribunda rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms in abundance attractive long-lasting double blossoms having an intense yellow coloration, (b) forms attractive vigorous dark green foliage having a glossy upper surface, (c) exhibits an erect growth habit, and (d) is well suited for cut flower production in a greenhouse; substantially as herein shown and described.
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