US Plant Patent PP5866
Monvis
Nerium oleander cv. Monvis
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 8, 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
- PP5866
- Filed
- July 8, 1985
- Granted
- January 27, 1987
- Expires
- July 8, 2005
- Assignee
- MONROVIA NURSERY CO
- Inventor
- PURVIS RICHARD L
Abstract
A new and distinct selection of Nerium oleander L. shrub (popularly known as Oleander) which shall be referred to hereinafter as Nerium oleander cultivar Monvis. Nerium oleander cultivar Monvis differs distinctively from other oleanders by a unique combination of large bright rose flowers, an abundance of flowers, early flowering and a dense compact growth habit.
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 selection of Nerium oleander as substantially shown and described herein, that is characterized particularly as a novelty by the unique combination of large bright rose flowers, early flowering and a dense compact growth habit.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5866 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.