US Plant Patent PP6455
Fat 'N Sassy
Miniature rose plant `Fat 'N Sassy`
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
- PP6455
- 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 `Fat 'N Sassy`, which is characterized by its pale yellow to near white blooms with a blush of red, ranging from near Crimson to near Tyrian Rose, that covers all sun-exposed surfaces. The hybrid tea form miniature rose is larger than the average miniature in bloom size and usually borne one to a stem or on occasion in sprays of 3 to 5 or more. The bush is vigorous, upright, bushy 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 `Fat 'N Sassy` of hardy, dwarf, vigorous growth, well-branched and attractive appearance, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its blooms of pale yellow to near white with a blush of red, ranging from near Crimson to near Tyrian Rose, that covers all sun-exposed surfaces.
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