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US Plant Patent PP9319

Tiny Petals

Miniature rose plant named `Tiny Petals`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 3, 2014. 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
PP9319
Filed
January 3, 1994
Granted
October 10, 1995
Expires
January 3, 2014
Inventor
BENNETT CECILIA L D; O'BRIEN ADMINISTRATOR BY SUSAN

Abstract

The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, named `Tiny Petals` which is characterized by buds and blooms in shades of scarlet to coral-red. 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 `Tiny Petals`; the plant characterized as hardy, dwarf, by its vigorous growth, well-branched and attractive appearance, substantially as illustrated and described; and characterized further by its hybrid tea form blooms, ranging from near Scarlet to near Geranium Lake with a reverse of near Egyptian Buff to near Maize Yellow, the blooms being abundant on the bush and usually borne one to a stem but occasionally in sprays of 3 to 5 more.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9319 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.