US Plant Patent PP7882
Merium
Merium oleander plant--Turner's Kathryn Childers
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 4, 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
- PP7882
- Filed
- May 4, 1990
- Granted
- June 9, 1992
- Expires
- May 4, 2010
Abstract
A Nerium oleander plant which has an intermediate and upright habit of fairly rapid growth, being particularly characterized by its everblooming character and the unique color of its inflorescence, the flowers being white with a soft pink blush or tint.
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 intermediate size Nerium oleander substantially as shown and described, having an upright habit of fairly rapid growth making it especially suitable as a screening plant, having an ability to be asexually reproduced, having the ability to flower off and on throughout the entire year, having the ability to grow in full sun or in partial shade, being an excellent greenhouse plant, and being particularly characterized by its intermediate size combined with the unique color of its inflorescence, the flowers being white with a very pale pink blush or tint.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7882 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.