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US Plant Patent PP8185

Opale

Spray carnation named Opale

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 12, 2011. 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
PP8185
Filed
November 12, 1991
Granted
March 23, 1993
Expires
November 12, 2011

Abstract

A new variety of spray carnation particularly distinguished by its very large flowers which are borne in a cluster, the petals of which are light pink in color and greenish at the base, the blooming habit being both recurrent and profuse during the blooming seasons of Spring and Fall. This plant has a vigorous, upright growth habit and moderately abundant foliage.

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 spray carnation plant substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its recurrent and profuse production of large flowers which are light pink in color and by the petals which are round at the outer margin.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8185 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.