US Plant Patent PP6848
Dallas
African violet plant named Dallas
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 5, 2008. 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
- PP6848
- Filed
- February 5, 1988
- Granted
- June 13, 1989
- Expires
- February 5, 2008
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Dallas characterized by its single, purplish pink flowers with wavy edges and darker pink center; strong, upright flower stems that curve toward the center to form a bouquet above the leaves; bright green, serrated girl-type leaves; profuse flowering, vigorous and compact 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 Dallas, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its single, purplish pink flowers with wavy edges and darker pink center; strong, upright flower stems that curve toward the center to form a bouquet above the leaves; bright green, serrated girl-type leaves; profuse flowering, vigorous and compact growth habit, flowering 10-11 weeks after potting, and its long-lasting and non-dropping flowers.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6848 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.