US Plant Patent PP4233
My Pal Rudy
Peony plant named My Pal Rudy
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 4, 1995. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 14, 1997, but this patent ends 741 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
- PP4233
- Filed
- April 14, 1977
- Granted
- April 4, 1978
- Expires
- April 4, 1995
- Assignee
- KLEHM BOYS 3 0 PARTNERSHIP
- Inventor
- KLEHM ROY G
Abstract
A new variety of peony plant having medium sized midseason blooms combining a near perfect rose-type peony flower form with beautiful soft Venetian pink colors and above average lasting qualities both on the plant and as cut flowers. The blooms are carried on strong, weather-resistant stems and the foliage of the plant is clean and attractive which enhances the total reliability and dependability of this variety over a wide geographical area.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. The new and distinct variety of peony plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the rose-type flower form of its blooms combined with their soft pink coloration, the strong weather-resistant stems on which the blooms are borne, the above average lasting quality of the blooms, and the clean and attractive plant foliage.
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