US Plant Patent PP5197
Freedom
Lily named Freedom
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 23, 2002. 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
- PP5197
- Filed
- September 23, 1982
- Granted
- February 28, 1984
- Expires
- September 23, 2002
- Assignee
- SUN VALLEY BULB FARMS INC
- Inventor
- KIRSCH TED T
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of lily plant of the Parkmanni-type Oriental Hybrid particularly distinguished by its large 7 to 8 inch white, downwardly and outwardly projecting saucer-shaped flowers which are borne in a raceme arrangement on long, strong stems and outwardly-projecting pedicels, usually with one bud or flower on each pedicel, and by its 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, white, downwardly and outwardly facing saucer-shaped flowers borne on strong, stiff, outwardly projecting pedicels, by petals that are lightly covered with maroon and white spots and have their outer one third portions recurved, by the glossy green and relatively disease-free 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 PP5197 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.