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US Plant Patent PP8501

Erica

Heather plant named Erica Persoluta Flame

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 2, 2012. 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
PP8501
Filed
December 2, 1992
Granted
December 14, 1993
Expires
December 2, 2012
Inventor
IMAZIO BRUNO L

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of heather plant named `Erica Persoluta Flame` having a comparatively early blooming habit and producing flowers of attractive magenta color on long stems.

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 cultivar of heather plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its early blooming habit relative to its seed parent, `Sunset`, and by its rich magenta color and tall, bushy stems.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8501 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.