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US Plant Patent PP7523

Fiesta

Forsythia plant named `Fiesta`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 10, 2009. 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
PP7523
Filed
August 10, 1989
Granted
May 14, 1991
Expires
August 10, 2009

Abstract

A new variety of Forsythia having distinctive variegated foliage a slower growth rate and a denser growth habit.

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 Forsythia as substantially shown and described herein, that is characterized particularly as a novelty by the unique combination of distinct foliage construction, pale yellow flowers, slow growth rate, reduced internodal length and a denser branching habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7523 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.