US Plant Patent PP4592
rhombifolia
Vitaceae; Cissus rhombifolia named Manda's Compacta
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 29, 1998. 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
- PP4592
- Filed
- November 29, 1978
- Granted
- September 16, 1980
- Expires
- November 29, 1998
- Assignee
- W A MANDA INC
- Inventor
- MANDA ALBERT W
Abstract
A new variety of Cissus rhombifolia plant distinguished by its profuse nodes, vigorous strength and growing habit, ability to be grown using only one cutting per pot, closer spacing of leaves, lesser inclination to damage, and lesser aptitude to show disease damage as new shoots are readily present or grow readily from nodes which have lost leaves.
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 Cissus rhombifolia, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its self-branching and compactness, closer spacing of nodes and having a shiny leaf, vigorous growing habit in less time and space, less prone to damage, and easier propagation and lesser inclination to damage while in retail outlets.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4592 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.