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US Plant Patent PP6086

Imperial Green

Philodendron plant named Imperial Green

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 27, 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
PP6086
Filed
December 27, 1985
Granted
January 19, 1988
Expires
December 27, 2005
Inventor
DECOSTER PAUL

Abstract

A philodendron plant named Imperial Green having rosette plant form; dark, relatively large foliage; ease of propagation by tissue culture; compact growth habit both in 4" and larger pots; close symmetrical internodes, and a fast 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 cultivar of philodendron plant named Imperial Green, as illustrated and described, and particularly characterized by the combined features of rosette plant form; dark, relatively large foliage; ease of propagation by tissue culture; compact growth habit, both in 4" and larger pots; close, symmetrical internodes, and fast growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6086 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.