US Plant Patent PP5215
Monrey
Raphiolepis indica cv. Monrey
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 17, 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
- PP5215
- Filed
- August 17, 1982
- Granted
- April 3, 1984
- Expires
- August 17, 2002
- Assignee
- MONROVIA NURSERY CO
- Inventor
- USREY WILLIAM B
Abstract
A new and distinct selection of Raphiolepis indica (L.) Lindl. Shrub (popularly known as Indian Hawthorn) which hereinafter will be referred to as Raphiolepis indica cultivar Monrey. Raphiolepis indica cv. Monrey differs from its parent, Raphiolepis indica cv. Enchantress, by my new selection having flowers with fewer petals which are a richer, darker pink color and a larger and looser inflorescence. Another characteristic of Raphiolepis indica cultivar Monrey is its more open overall 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 Raphiolepis indica referred to as Raphiolepis indica cv. Monrey as substantially shown and described herein, which is characterized by a loose open habit; a larger, looser and broader inflorescence; single flowers; and rich dark pink flowers.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5215 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.