US Plant Patent PP4085
Star Gazer
Lily plant named Star Gazer
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 26, 1994. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 24, 1996, but this patent ends 791 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP4085
- Filed
- September 24, 1976
- Granted
- July 26, 1977
- Expires
- July 26, 1994
- Inventor
- KIRSCH TED T
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of lily plant of the Parkman type of Oriental hybrid, particularly distinguished by its large, upwardly facing, bright red flowers borne on sturdy pedicels which curve outwardly and upwardly from a strong upright stem to terminate with the flower axis substantially vertical, the flowers being bowl-shaped with white margins bordering its red sepals and petals and an excellent lasting quality both on the stem and as a cut flower.
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 very large upwardly facing flowers borne on strong, stiff vertically projecting pedicels, by the substantially overall bright red coloring of the sepals and petals which are bordered by a marginal band of white, and by the long lasting quality of the blooms whether on the plant or as cut flowers.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4085 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.