US Plant Patent PP7970
Little Carol
Miniature rose plant named `Little Carol`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 31, 2010. 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
- PP7970
- Filed
- December 31, 1990
- Granted
- September 15, 1992
- Expires
- December 31, 2010
Abstract
The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety if miniature rose plant, named `Little Carol`, which is characterized by deep pink blooms ranging from near Magenta to near Rose Bengal. Blooms of this rose 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 `Little Carol`, 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 Magenta to near Rose Bengal with flowers usually borne one to a stem but occasionally in sprays of 3 to b 5 or more.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7970 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.