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US Plant Patent PP6629

Scented Springtime

Rhododendron plant `Scented Springtime`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 16, 2007. 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
PP6629
Filed
October 16, 1987
Granted
February 28, 1989
Expires
October 16, 2007

Abstract

The new cultivar `Scented Springtime` was derived from a cross of Rhododendron keiskei `Yaku Fairy` with R. `Else Frye.` It is distinguished by its prostrate habit, fragrant flowers, and ease of propagation.

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, characterized in particular by its prostrate growth habit and fragrant flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6629 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.