US Plant Patent PP8599
Monink
Lagerstroemia indica cv. Monink
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 4, 2013. 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
- PP8599
- Filed
- January 4, 1993
- Granted
- February 15, 1994
- Expires
- January 4, 2013
- Assignee
- MONROVIA NURSERY CO
- Inventor
- RESENDEZ GILBERT N
Abstract
A new and distinct selection of Crape Myrtle shrub which shall be referred to hereinafter at Lagerstroemia indica cultivar Monink. Lagerstroemia indica cultivar Monink differs distinctively from other Lagerstroemia indica plants by its unique combination of a floriferous habit of rich pink flowers and a dwarf size and a more dense compact 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 Lagerstroemia plant as substantially shown and described herein, that is characterized particularly as a novelty by the unique combination of a floriferous habit of rich pink flowers and a dwarf overall size and more dense compact growth habit.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8599 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.