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US Plant Patent PP8531

Britide

Miniature rose plant named `Britide`

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
PP8531
Filed
January 31, 1992
Granted
January 11, 1994
Expires
January 31, 2012
Inventor
BRIDGES DENNIS A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant characterized by a profusion of off-white blooms. The unusually strong, fragrant exhibition form blooms are 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 fragrant blooms of off-white coloration; said blooms being of good substance; firm, thick, petals, borne singly and in clusters, on a slightly spreading plant with semi-glossy, red-mahogany colored new foliage and dark green mature 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 PP8531 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.