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US Plant Patent PP10665

Grey Ghost

Aechmea plant named `Grey Ghost`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 7, 2017. 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
PP10665
Filed
February 7, 1997
Granted
October 27, 1998
Expires
February 7, 2017
Inventor
DELEON NAT

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Aechmea fasciata is provided which forms a large abundantly branched pink-bracted inflorescence with contrasting blue flowers. The leaves are wide and spineless and prominently display silver-white coloration (as illustrated). The new variety can be readily distinguished from the `DeLeon` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,832) by the greater degree of branching of the inflorescence, a greater width of the leaves, and the presence of more silver-white coloration on the 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 Aechmea fasciata plant characterized by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms a large pink-bracted inflorescence that is abundantly branched, and (b) forms wide spineless leaves that heavily display a silver-white coloration; substantially as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10665 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.