US Plant Patent PP11311
Amy Cotta
Rhododendron plant named `Amy Cotta`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 29, 2018. 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
- PP11311
- Filed
- June 29, 1998
- Granted
- March 21, 2000
- Expires
- June 29, 2018
- Inventor
- COTTA STEVE P
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Rhododendron plant named `Amy Cotta`, characterized by its compact, slow-growing, dense plants that are very freely branching; very uniform, symmetrical, rounded plant habit; dark green small leaves; uniform flowering; numerous, showy, ruffled, small lavender pink flowers; good weather-tolerance; and hardy to zone 4.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Rhododenron plant named `Amy Cotta`, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11311 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.