US Plant Patent PP9789
Melanie
Heather `Melanie`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 21, 2015. 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
- PP9789
- Filed
- July 21, 1995
- Granted
- January 28, 1997
- Expires
- July 21, 2015
- Inventor
- KRAMER KURT
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Calluna vulgaris heather has white flowers which remain as unopened buds through their entire cycle from fall through early spring.
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 Heather plant named Calluna vulgaris Melanie, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by its white flowers which remain as an unopened bud from fall through early spring.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9789 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.