US Plant Patent PP6898

Irvsmart

Rhododendron plane--Irvsmart variety

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 19, 2008. 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: PP6898
Filed: April 19, 1988
Granted: July 4, 1989
Expires: April 19, 2008

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Rhododendron plant which originated as a sporting branch on the P.J.M. variety is provided. Unlike the parent the new variety exhibits dwarf and compact plant characteristics. The attractive red-purple blooms are identical in coloration to those of the parent; however, the blooms are smaller than those of the parent as are other elements of the plant. Blooming commonly takes place in U.S.D.A. Zone 7 during the second half of April.

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 Rhododendron plant, characterized particularly as to novelty by the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits a dwarf and compact growth habit unlike that of the P.J.M. variety, (b) forms blossoms which are smaller than those of the parent P.J.M. variety and which are of a red-purple coloration substantially identical to that of the P.J.M. variety, and (c) possesses leaf and stem colorations which are substantially identical to those of the P.J.M. variety, substantially as illustrated and described together with the parts thereof.

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