US Plant Patent PP6173
Tiny
Lily plant named Tiny
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
- PP6173
- 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 its short stature and silhouette and a compact raceme of large, light pink flowers of good form and substance, with abundant foliage, the plant also having a sturdy and vigorous growth habit and being capable of forced out-of-season production with reliable performance.
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 by its short stature and silhouette and its moderately large, outwardly facing, richly colored flowers of good substance and form; by its vigorous growth habit and relatively short height; and by its ability for forcing out-of-season to produce reliable pot plant cultivars.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6173 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.