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US Plant Patent PP6550

Gisela

African violet plant named Gisela

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 1, 2007. 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
PP6550
Filed
June 1, 1987
Granted
January 24, 1989
Expires
June 1, 2007

Abstract

An African violet plant named Gisela, characterized by its beautiful white flowers with dark pink frilled edges; fully developed flower heads, producing a tight bouquet that is free standing; vigorous growth habit; medium to dark green, slightly serrated leaves; and long lasting, non-dropping flowering habit.

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 Gisela, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its beautiful white flowers with dark pink frilled edges; fully developed flower heads, producing a tight bouquet that is free standing; vigorous growth habit; medium to dark green, slightly serrated leaves; and long lasting, non-dropping flowering habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6550 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.