US Plant Patent PP4115
Abby
African violet plant named Abby
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 27, 1994. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 7, 1996, but this patent ends 741 days earlier — a terminal disclaimer gives term back. A source that calculates twenty years from filing would tell you this plant is still protected when it is already free.
The record
- Patent number
- PP4115
- Filed
- October 7, 1976
- Granted
- September 27, 1977
- Expires
- September 27, 1994
- Assignee
- GEO J BALL INC
- Inventor
- FISCHER ARNOLD W
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of African violet plant for potted plant culture distinguished by its large white flowers which, in general, are uniquely arranged in a circular pattern, by its ability to produce exceptionally large, abundant and attractive foliage, and by its recurrent to continuous year around blooming habit.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinctive variety of African violet plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its relatively large and uniquely displayed white flowers which are borne on sturdy stems and arranged in a circular pattern above an abundant array of large foliage.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4115 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.