US Plant Patent PP5038
Meiddanego
Miniature rose plant -- Meiddanego variety
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 6, 2001. 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
- PP5038
- Filed
- November 6, 1981
- Granted
- April 12, 1983
- Expires
- November 6, 2001
- Assignee
- CONARD PYLE COMPANY
- Inventor
- MEILLAND MARIE L
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Miniature rose plant is provided which is a sport of Meirov variety. The new variety is identical to Meirov variety with the exception of the flower color which is of a distinctive bright blood red coloration. Such flowers are highly attractive and long lasting.
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 Rose plant of the Miniature Class, which is a sport of the Meirov variety, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by the fact that: from the physical standpoint the plant has medium green adult wood and a bushy growth habit, and forms double flowers which are blood red in color wherein the petals are yellowish at the base and possess a great degree of substance; and from the biological standpoint the plant has vigorous vegetation, is well adapted to hot culture, is resistant to disease, and has the ability to hold its flowers for a long period of time.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5038 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.