US Plant Patent PP7187
Always A Lady
Miniature rose plant named `Always A Lady`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 3, 2009. 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
- PP7187
- Filed
- January 3, 1989
- Granted
- March 13, 1990
- Expires
- January 3, 2009
Abstract
The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, named `Always A Lady`, which is characterized by its soft mauve blooms, ranging from Amaranth Rose to Roseine Purple. The blooms are usually borne one to a stem with hybrid tea form but on occasion may be produced in sprays of 3 to 5 or more. The bush is vigorous, well-branched and produces moderate to heavy quantity of blooms.
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, `Always A Lady` of hardy, dwarf, vigorous growth, well-branched and attractive in appearance, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its hybrid tea-form blooms, ranging from near Amaranth Rose to near Roseine Purple, with flowers borne usually one to a stem but occasionally in sprays of 3 to 5 or more.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7187 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.