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US Plant Patent PP7777

Fenja

African violet plane named `Fenja`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 12, 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
PP7777
Filed
July 12, 1990
Granted
January 28, 1992
Expires
July 12, 2010

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Fenja characterized by its single, lilac flowers with darker, purple center radiating into the two small petals; elongated petals; strong, upright flower stems that curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; medium green, oval to round leaves; profuse flowering, vigorous growth habit, flowering 10-11 weeks after potting, and its long-lasting and non-dropping flowers.

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 Fenja, as described and illusrated, and particularly characterized by its single, lilac flowers with darker, purple center radiating into the two small petals; elongated petals; strong, upright flower stems that curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; medium green, oval to round leaves; profuse flowering, vigorous growth habit, flowering 10-11 weeks after potting, and its long-lasting and non-dropping flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7777 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.