US Plant Patent PP4888
Fellowship
Lily named Fellowship
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 12, 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
- PP4888
- Filed
- December 12, 1980
- Granted
- September 21, 1982
- Expires
- December 12, 2000
- Assignee
- SUN VALLEY BULB FARMS INC
- Inventor
- KIRSCH TED T
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Oriental hybrid lily of the Parkmannis type, particularly distinguished by a coral red band of coloring on the midrib of its generally pinkish white petals, which are borne in raceme arrangement on long, strong stems and stiff, outwardly-projecting pedicels, usually with one bud or flower on each pedicel; and by its emerald green, 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 medium large, outwardly-facing, pinkish white flowers which are borne on strong, stiff, upwardly and outwardly-projecting pedicels; and by its generally white petals which are distinguished by a brilliant coral red midrib band appearing on a soft pink background surrounded by white undulating margins.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4888 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.