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US Plant Patent PP6456

Cheer Up

Miniature rose plant `Cheer Up`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 4, 2007. 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
PP6456
Filed
February 4, 1987
Granted
December 13, 1988
Expires
February 4, 2007
Inventor
BENNETT CECILIA L D

Abstract

The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, named `Cheer Up`, which is characterized by its bright orange-red blooms, ranging from Mandarin Red to Capsicum Red, usually one to a stem with hybrid tea form. The bush is vigorous, well-branched and produces moderate to heavy quantities of bloom.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant named, `Cheer Up` of hardy, dwarf, vigorous growth, well-branched and attractive in appearance, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its blooms of bright orange-red, ranging from near Mandarin Red to near Capsicum Red.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6456 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.