US Plant Patent PP4247
Coral Charm
Peony plant named Coral Charm
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 2, 1995. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 9, 1997, but this patent ends 738 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP4247
- Filed
- May 9, 1977
- Granted
- May 2, 1978
- Expires
- May 2, 1995
- Assignee
- KLEHM BOYS PARTNERSHIP
- Inventor
- KLEHM ROY G
Abstract
A new peony plant variety particularly distinguished by the vibrant orange-coral color of its buds and newly opened flower petals which gradually changes as the blossom matures to become an unusual coral cream color when the petals begin to fall from the stem. This plant is an early blooming variety of medium height, with average quantity of foliage and a profuse production of medium sized semi-double flowers.
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 peony plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the coral-orange coloration of its medium sized blossoms and its mid-May annual flowering habit.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4247 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.