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US Plant Patent PP5855

Ink Spots

Rose plant named Ink Spots

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 4, 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
PP5855
Filed
February 4, 1985
Granted
January 13, 1987
Expires
February 4, 2005
Inventor
WEEKS O L

Abstract

A new dark red hybrid tea rose variety with blackish markings on the petals.

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 rose plant of the hybrid tea rose class, substantially as shown and described, characterized particularly by well formed, very dark red flowers with blackish markings on the petals borne one to a stem on a vigorous plant with attractive foliage and which are long lasting on the plant and as cut flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5855 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.