US Plant Patent PP6139
Sugar 'n Spice
Miniature rose plant `Sugar 'n Spice`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 3, 2006. 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
- PP6139
- Filed
- February 3, 1986
- Granted
- March 29, 1988
- Expires
- February 3, 2006
- Inventor
- BENNETT CECILIA L D
Abstract
The subject of the present disclosure is a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant, named `Sugar 'n Spice`, which is characterized by its blooms which range in color from near Begonia to near Porcelain Rose, usually borne one to a stem with hybrid tea form. The bush is vigorous, well-branched and produces moderate to heavy quantities of bloom. (More detailed description to follow.)
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 `Sugar 'n Spice` of a hardy, dwarf, moderate growth, well-branched and attractive appearance, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its blooms which range in color from near Begonia to near Porcelain Rose, with flowers borne usually one to a stem, but occasionally in sprays of 3 to 5 or more.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6139 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.