US Plant Patent PP7242
Longpol
Spray carnation named Longpol
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 11, 2008. 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
- PP7242
- Filed
- October 11, 1988
- Granted
- June 5, 1990
- Expires
- October 11, 2008
Abstract
A new and believed to be original spray carnation variety particularly distinguished by the very unusual coloration of purple-violet to white for its small to medium sized blossoms, which are produced intermittently and profusely during the Spring, Summer and Fall blooming periods; the plant itself having a vigorous, upright and rigid growth habit with very abundant foliage reaching a height of about 99 cm. during eight months of growth.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. The new and distinctive carnation plant, substantially as herein shown and described, particularly characterized by the purple to white coloration of its flowers and the profuse production of flowers on strong, upright stems having abundant foliage.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7242 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.