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US Plant Patent PP5493

Ellen

African violet plant named Ellen

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 23, 2003. 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
PP5493
Filed
September 23, 1983
Granted
June 18, 1985
Expires
September 23, 2003
Inventor
HOLTKAMP REINHOLD

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of African violet plant named Ellen characterized by its intensive pink flowers, which do not fade under high temperatures, upright flower stems which carry the flower bouquet centrally above the foliage, vigorous compact growth habit, and by its very long lasting flowers that are non-dropping.

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 plant named Ellen, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its intensive pink flowers which do not fade under high temperatures, upright flower stems which carry the flower bouquet centrally above the foliage, vigorous compact growth habit, and by its very long lasting flowers that are non-dropping.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5493 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.