US Plant Patent PP6109
improved Atlanta
African violet plant named improved Atlanta
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 28, 2006. 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
- PP6109
- Filed
- January 28, 1986
- Granted
- February 16, 1988
- Expires
- January 28, 2006
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP SR REINHOLD
Abstract
An African violet plant named Improved Atlanta having strong upright flower stems, two of which appear at each leaf axil; light pink flowers; dark green leaves with light green centers; vigorous growth habit; early and profuse flowering; long-lasting, non-dropping flowers which form a tight flower head above the 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 named Improved Atlanta, as illustrated and described, and particularly characterized by its strong upright flower stems, two of which appear at each leaf axil, light pink flowers, dark green leaves with light green centers, vigorous growth habit, early and profuse flowering, and by its long-lasting, non-dropping flowers which form a tight flower head above the foliage.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6109 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.