US Plant Patent PP5755
Dallas Jewel
Nephrolepis exaltata named Dallas Jewel
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 25, 2005. 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
- PP5755
- Filed
- January 25, 1985
- Granted
- June 24, 1986
- Expires
- January 25, 2005
- Assignee
- CASA FLORA INC
- Inventor
- MILLS WAYNE J; HAMPTON KATHERINE L
Abstract
A new variety and distinct variety of Nephrolepis exaltata named Dallas Jewel having the characteristics of closely spaced plantlets, vigorous, full and compact growth habit, non-crown leaf form, loose, feathery and shiny fronds which are unusually short, ease of propagation, less inclination to damage at retail outlets, adaptability to various pot sizes, and its tolerance to lower light levels which make it adaptable to large scale use in interiorscape plantings.
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 Nephrolepis exaltata named Dallas Jewel, as illustrated and described, and particularly characterized by its closely spaced plantlets, vigorous, full and compact growth habit, non-crown leaf form, loose, feathery and shiny fronds which are unusually short, ease of propagation, less inclination to damage at retail outlets, adaptability to various pot sizes, and its tolerance to lower light levels which make it adaptable to large scale use in interiorscape plantings. (
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