US Plant Patent PP5862
Monto
Raphiolepis indica cv. Monto
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 14, 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
- PP5862
- Filed
- May 14, 1985
- Granted
- January 20, 1987
- Expires
- May 14, 2005
- Assignee
- MONROVIA NURSERY CO
- Inventor
- PONTO BILL
Abstract
A new and distinct selection of Raphiolepis indica (L.) Lindl. shrub (known popularly as Indian Hawthorn) which shall be referred to hereinafter as Raphiolepis indica cultivar Monto. Raphiolepis indica cultivar Monto is distinct with its combination of large glossy bright green leaves; tomentum covering the new foliage and large single pink flowers fading to a pure white with red filaments.
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 as substantially shown and described herein, that is characterized by large glossy bright green leaves; brown tomentum covering the new foliage and large single pink flowers fading to pure white with red filaments.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5862 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.