US Plant Patent PP6176
Snow Prince
Lily plant named Snow Prince
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 8, 2006. 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
- PP6176
- Filed
- May 8, 1986
- Granted
- May 10, 1988
- Expires
- May 8, 2006
- Assignee
- MELRIDGE INC
- Inventor
- KIRSCH TED T
Abstract
A new and distinct lily cultivar of the Oriental hybrid type characterized by very large, pure white, bowl-shaped flowers having broad tepals of thick substance and borne as a compact raceme on strong, unusually thick stems and flowering profusely in midseason for Oriental lilies. This plant has abundant foliage, a vigorous growth habit, and is capable of being forced for potted plant cultivars.
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, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by its pure white, unusually large flowers of excellent substance and broad tepalled form, borne on strong, plum-colored stems which have abundant foliage comprising broad leaves of dark green color.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6176 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.