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US Plant Patent PP4895

Fancy Free

Lily named Fancy Free

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 11, 2000. 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
PP4895
Filed
December 11, 1980
Granted
October 12, 1982
Expires
December 11, 2000
Inventor
KIRSCH TED T

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of lily plant of the Parkmannis-type oriental hybrid particularly distinguished by the generally flat, outwardly facing, dark reddish-pink and white blossoms which are borne singly on stiff, upwardly extending pedicels carried in raceme arrangement on long, strong stems, and by the dark green, glossy and relatively disease-resistant foliage.

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 oriental hybrid lily plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its large, generally flat, reddish pink and white, outwardly-facing flowers borne on strong, stiff pedicels, by its dark green and glossy foliage, and by the long lasting quality of the blooms whether on the plant or as cut flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4895 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.