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US Plant Patent PP5601

Sequoia

African violet named Sequoia

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 5, 2004. 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
PP5601
Filed
January 5, 1984
Granted
December 17, 1985
Expires
January 5, 2004
Inventor
HOLTKAMP REINHOLD

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of African violet plant named Sequoia characterized by its vigorous growth habit, dark green and shiny leaves, strong upright flower stems, each carrying 7-9 or more double frilled flowers, purple violet in flower color; profuse flowering habit, and its ability to produce a saleable attractive plant with a full flower head within 8-10 weeks after potting.

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 plant named Sequoia, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its vigorous growth habit, dark green and shiny leaves, strong upright flower stems, each carrying 7-9 or more double frilled flowers, purple violet in flower color; profuse flowering habit, and its ability to produce a saleable attractive plant with a full flower head within 8-10 weeks after potting.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5601 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.