US Plant Patent PP8554
Hanky Panky
Miniature rose plant named `Hanky Panky`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 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
- PP8554
- Filed
- December 31, 1992
- Granted
- January 25, 1994
- Expires
- December 31, 2012
- Assignee
- BENNETT CECILIA L D, O'BRIEN SUSAN M
- Inventor
- BENNETT CECILIA L D; O'BRIEN SUSAN M
Abstract
The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, named `Hanky Panky` which is characterized by buds ranging from near Carrot Red to near Chinese Coral and blooms ranging from near Orange Buff to near Chinese Coral. Blooms of this rose are usually borne one to a stem with hybrid tea form and in sprays of 3 to 5 or more. The bush is vigorous, well-branched and produces moderate to heavy 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 `Hanky Panky`, 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 Chinese Coral to near Orange Buff to near Carrot Red that pales in tones as the blooms open, the blooms are abundant on the bush and usually borne one to a stem but occasionally in sprays of 3 to 5 or more.
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