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US Plant Patent PP6108

Acadia

African violet plant named Acadia

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 28, 2006. 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
PP6108
Filed
January 28, 1986
Granted
February 16, 1988
Expires
January 28, 2006
Inventor
HOLTKAMP SR REINHOLD

Abstract

An African violet plant named Acadia having semi-double flowers and violet-blue flower color; strong, upright flower stems, each of which carries 8-10 or more flowers; vigorous growth habit, producing a saleable plant 9-10 weeks after potting; full, tight flower head well above the leaves, and long-lasting, 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 Acadia, as illustrated and described, and particularly characterized by its semi-double flowers and violet-blue flower color; strong, upright flower stems, each of which carries 8-10 or more flowers; vigorous growth habit, producing a saleable plant 9-10 weeks after potting; full, tight flower head well above the leaves, and by its long-lasting, non-dropping flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6108 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.