US Plant Patent PP4935
Fairy Queen
African Violet named Fairy Queen
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 9, 2001. 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
- PP4935
- Filed
- April 9, 1981
- Granted
- November 9, 1982
- Expires
- April 9, 2001
- Assignee
- PAN AMERICAN PLANT CO
- Inventor
- FISCHER ARNOLD W
Abstract
A new and distinct African Violet plant characterized by its profuse production of white flowers, the petals of which have a bright pink, ruffled edge which gives the plant a very striking appearance. This plant has a vigorous growth habit, a compact rosette shape and abundant medium green foliage which provides an exotic color combination when the plant is in full bloom.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new African Violet plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its profuse production of white flowers, the petals of which are bordered by a narrow pink and ruffled edge. The plant has a vigorous growth habit with abundant foliage which has a unique wavy or ruffled margin.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4935 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.