US Plant Patent PP8532
Brifire
Miniature rose plant named `Brifire`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 31, 2012. 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
- PP8532
- Filed
- January 31, 1992
- Granted
- January 11, 1994
- Expires
- January 31, 2012
- Assignee
- BRIDGES DENNIS A
- Inventor
- BRIDGES DENNIS A
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant characterized by a profusion of exhibition form blooms that are an unusual combination of colors, consisting of yellow, pink, and vibrant red, with a strong fruity fragrance, held on long stems on a strong plant.
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 Rose Class, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly by an abundance of exhibition quality red and yellow blooms; unusually strong fragrance; firm thick petals, borne singly and in sprays, on a medium tall plant with semi-glossy dark green foliage; said plant being easy to propagate from cuttings; and said blooms being long lasting both on the plant and as cut flowers.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8532 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.