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US Plant Patent PP5430

Erica Pacifica

Heather named Erica Pacifica

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 25, 2003. 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
PP5430
Filed
March 25, 1983
Granted
April 9, 1985
Expires
March 25, 2003
Inventor
IMAZIO BRUNO L

Abstract

A new variety of heather particularly characterized by a very early blooming habit and a profuse production of light pink lavender flowers which appear in rapid uninterrupted succession from the base of the stem to its tip end.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new variety of heather, substantially as herein shown and described, particularly characterized by its very early blooming habit as compared with its seed parent.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5430 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.