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US Plant Patent PP6617

Morsegold

Rose plant/var.: Morsegold

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 31, 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
PP6617
Filed
August 31, 1987
Granted
February 21, 1989
Expires
August 31, 2007

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant primarily identified by its yellow buds and flowers.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

The following is claimed: 1. A new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant of hardy, dwarf, bushy, rounded, much branched habit, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by buds and flowers of rich medium yellow coloring, the bud being pointed in the early opening stage, resembling in form Gold Badge (Var: Meigronui) Floribunda--U.S. Plant Pat. No 4,525, with the open flower being fairly double and rounded with about 20-25 petals; and further characterized by a plant of compact, vigorous, well rounded shape, with main stems and shoots of average thorniness, the said plant being easy to propagate from soft wood cuttings and with an abundance of small semi-glossy foliage, the flowers being borne singly or several together in clusters on medium to short length stems.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6617 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.