US Plant Patent PP5149
Goldilocks
Rhododendron plant `Goldilocks`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 22, 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
- PP5149
- Filed
- March 22, 1982
- Granted
- November 29, 1983
- Expires
- March 22, 2002
- Inventor
- KERRIGAN HOWARD
Abstract
The new cultivar `Goldilocks` was derived from a cross between unnamed plants belonging to Rhododendron chryseum and R. xanthostephaanum, and is distinguished particularly by its compact habit and profuse, uniform display of deep yellow blooms.
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 substantially as herein shown and described primarily characterized by: Compact growth with deep yellow blooms borne in profusion.
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