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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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6455 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.