US Plant Patent PP10520
Starbrite
Aechmea plant named `Starbrite`
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
- PP10520
- Filed
- February 7, 1997
- Granted
- July 21, 1998
- Expires
- February 7, 2017
- Assignee
- DELEON S BROMELIADS INC
- Inventor
- DELEON NAT
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Aechmea is provided which abundantly forms a large distinctive inflorescence with coral-red bracts and yellow flowers. The foliage of the new variety is dark green and is marked with silver-white coloration. The new variety can be readily distinguished from the `Friederike` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,872) by its blossom coloration, the more openly branched inflorescence, and the degree to which the flower petals emerge from under the floral bracts. Also, the overall inflorescence is cleaner appearing than that of the `Friederike` variety even with age.
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 plant characteristics by the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms a large distinctive inflorescence having coral-red bracts and yellow flowers, and (b) forms attractive dark green foliage that is marked with silver-white coloration; substantially as herein illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10520 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.