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BOSENBERG, Henry F. (1883 – 1962)

1883 – 1962

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1931 CE

#14209

U. S. Plant patent 1. Climbing or trailing rose. Filed Aug. 6, 1930. Issued Aug. 18, 1931.

This was the first patent granted for a life form. In response to complaints from the nursery industry that the future of the plant breeding industry was jeopardized by the “pirating” of new plant varietie…