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US Plant Patent PP7740

Dayna

African violet named Dayna

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 14, 2010. 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
PP7740
Filed
May 14, 1990
Granted
December 10, 1991
Expires
May 14, 2010

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of African violet plant named `Dayna` for potted plant culture particularly distinguished by its year 'round blooming capability, its profuse production of white with purple-violet edged flowers, and its compact growth with abundant foliage of solid green color which provides a spreading base and attractive backing for the clusters of blossoms.

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 cultivar of African violet named `Dayna`, as described and illustrated, and particulary characterized by its single, delicate, variegated flowers mainly white with purple violet edges, and its year 'round blooming capacity which gives the plant a nearly continuous beauty.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7740 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.