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US Plant Patent PP8842

Ruby Star

Mandevilla: Ruby Star

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 7, 2013. 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
PP8842
Filed
May 7, 1993
Granted
July 19, 1994
Expires
May 7, 2013
Inventor
HENNY RICHARD J

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Mandevilla characterized by large red flowers and shiny, dark evergreen leaves.

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 Mandevilla substantially as shown and described, characterized by flowers that open pale pink and turn to red within two days and last an additional 3-4 days on the plant, and shiny green oblong to elliptically shaped leaves.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8842 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.