US Plant Patent PP4119
Vine -- Campsis radicans
Vine -- Campsis radicans
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 4, 1994. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 14, 1996, but this patent ends 741 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP4119
- Filed
- October 14, 1976
- Granted
- October 4, 1977
- Expires
- October 4, 1994
- Assignee
- TREESEARCH
- Inventor
- FLEMER III WILLIAM
Abstract
This invention relates to a novel variety of Campsis radicans, characterized by its dark red blossoms and glossy 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 variety of Campsis radicans, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the dark, rich red color of the flowers in contrast to the normal orange color of Campsis radicans flowers, and the glossy upper surface of the leaves in contrast to the normal dull upper surface of usual Campsis radicans leaves.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4119 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.