US Plant Patent PP4846
Jackie
African violet named Jackie
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 11, 1999. 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
- PP4846
- Filed
- February 26, 1979
- Granted
- May 11, 1982
- Expires
- May 11, 1999
- Assignee
- PAN AMERICAN PLANT CO
- Inventor
- FISCHER ARNOLD W
Abstract
A new African violet distinguished by its vigorous growth and its continuous and profuse production of dark blue flowers borne as a bouquet above foliage of a light green color, the dark violet color of the blooms being highlighted by the bright yellow anthers at the center of each flower to make a strikingly attractive display.
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 cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its profuse production of dark blue flowers borne as in a bouquet above the foliage on sturdy, erect stems.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4846 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.