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US Plant Patent PP11743

Blue Tango

Aechmea plant named ‘Blue Tango’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 14, 2019. 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
PP11743
Filed
April 14, 1999
Granted
January 16, 2001
Expires
April 14, 2019
Inventor
BULLIS PATRICIA ELENA GOMEZ

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Aechmea named ‘Blue Tango’ particularly characterized by its upright and outwardly arching plant habit; rapid growth rate; strong and erect scapes; tightly branched inflorescences with bluish purple flower bracts and sepals; fuchsia red scapes; and long-lasting inflorescences.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Aechmea plant named ‘Blue Tango’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11743 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.