US Plant Patent PP8348
White Knight
Weigela named White Knight
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 4, 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
- PP8348
- Filed
- November 4, 1991
- Granted
- August 17, 1993
- Expires
- November 4, 2011
Abstract
A new and distinct Weigela cultivar particularly distinguished by profuse production of medium-sized white flowers borne on the upright stems of a tall spreading bush. This plant exhibits winter hardiness along with a mild fragrance, an unusual characteristic for Weigela.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. The new and distinct Weigela plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized in particular by its profuse production of mildly-fragrant, medium sized white flowers, the plant itself being a strong, upright, spreading bush exhibiting great winter hardiness.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8348 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.