US Plant Patent PP7676
Antigua
African violet plant named Antigua
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
- PP7676
- Filed
- July 12, 1990
- Granted
- October 15, 1991
- Expires
- July 12, 2010
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Antigua characterized by its small, single violet-shaped, blue flowers with white, slightly frilled edges; strong, upright flower stems that curve slightly toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; medium green, oval 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 Antigua, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its small, single violet-shaped, blue flowers with white, slightly frilled edges; strong, upright flower stems that curve slightly toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; medium green, oval 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 PP7676 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.