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US Plant Patent PP13789

EverPraise

African violet plant named ‘EverPraise’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 17, 2022. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13789, the photograph of EverPraise printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13789, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP13789
Filed
January 17, 2002
Granted
May 6, 2003
Expires
January 17, 2022
Assignee
INTERNAT PLANT BREEDING AG
Inventor
HOLTKAMP SR REINHOLD

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named ‘EverPraise’, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by the multiflorescense trait; single violet-shaped medium blue flowers with frilled greenish edge; strong, upright flower stems that curve slightly toward the center to form a compact flower bouquet above the leaves; medium green, wavy heart-shaped leaves; vigorous and extra large growth habit; flowering 12-13 weeks after potting, and 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 African Violet plant named ‘EverPraise’, as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13789 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.