US Plant Patent PP7737
Linville
Linville miniature rose
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 17, 2010. 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
- PP7737
- Filed
- September 17, 1990
- Granted
- December 10, 1991
- Expires
- September 17, 2010
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant characterized by a profusion of blooms that are near white with a soft pink center. The exhibition form blooms are held on long stems on a very strong upright plant.
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 rose plant of the miniature rose class, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by an abundance of exhibition quality near white blooms with centers of soft pink, unusually strong substance, firm thick petals, borne singly and in sprays, on a tall plant with semi-glossy dark green foliage, said plant being easy to propagate from cuttings, and said blooms being long lasting both on the plant and as cut flowers.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7737 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.