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US Plant Patent PP5106

Blink

Potentilla fruticosa -- Blink variety

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 20, 2002. 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
PP5106
Filed
January 20, 1982
Granted
September 20, 1983
Expires
January 20, 2002
Inventor
BLAIR ROBERT

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Potentilla fruticosa is provided. The new variety was formed by crossing the Tangerine variety with an unknown pollen parent, and possesses a distinctive true pink flower coloration which can be readily distinguished from the blossom colorations of the Red Ace and Royal Flush varieties.

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 Potentilla fruticosa substantially as herein shown and described which exhibits (a) attractive pink blossoms which are a truer pink than those of the Royal Flush variety, (b) a more vigorous growth than the Royal Flush variety, and (c) a more upright growth habit than the Royal Flush variety.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5106 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.