US Plant Patent PP10553
Meicaflon
Miniature rose plant named `Meicaflon`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 31, 2017. 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
- PP10553
- Filed
- July 31, 1997
- Granted
- August 18, 1998
- Expires
- July 31, 2017
- Assignee
- CP DELAWARE INC
- Inventor
- MEILLAND ALAIN A
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of rose plant of the Miniature Class is provided which abundantly forms attractive Neyron Rose blossoms that display a radiant appearance. A hanging growth habit is exhibited that renders the plant well suited for growing outdoors in a hanging basket. The plant propagates well from cuttings. The blossoms possess no fragrance, and the foliage is glossy.
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 Miniature rose plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms in abundance attractive blossoms that are radiant Neyron Rose in coloration, (b) exhibits a hanging growth habit, (c) forms glossy medium green foliage, (d) propagates well on its own roots, and (e) is particularly suited for growing as oramentation in a hanging basket; substantially as herein shown and described.
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