US Plant Patent PP4114
Dolly
African violet plant named Dolly
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
- PP4114
- Filed
- October 7, 1976
- Granted
- September 27, 1977
- Expires
- September 27, 1994
- Assignee
- GEO J BALL INC
- Inventor
- FISCHER ARNOLD W
Abstract
A new variety of African violet plant for pot plant culture distinguished by a striking blue and white bi-color flower and a profusely blooming, fast and vigorous growing plant which produces attractive light, lively green foliage.
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 substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its medium to large blue and white bi-colored blossoms, its very fast and vigorous growth habit, and its profuse year around blooming capability.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4114 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.