US Plant Patent PP5633
Tobone
Tea rose named Tobone
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 26, 2004. 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
- PP5633
- Filed
- March 26, 1984
- Granted
- January 14, 1986
- Expires
- March 26, 2004
- Assignee
- NAKASHIMA TOSHIO
- Inventor
- SHIRAKAWA TAKESHI
Abstract
A new variety of hybrid tea rose intended mainly for greenhouse culture and the commercial production of cut flowers, characterized by a continuous and profuse production of very large red-purple blooms carried on very long, strong stems; its urn-shaped buds which open slowly to produce well formed flowers having large petals which tend to marginally turn under and form points; its free branching and vigorous growth habit; its abundant production of glossy foliage and long last vase life; and its resistance to diseases.
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 rose plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by the brilliant red-purple color of its very large flowers which are borne on long, strong stems, its year-around abundant production of long-lasting blooms, and its disease resistance.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5633 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.