US Plant Patent PP5252
Improved Evelyn
African violet plant named Improved Evelyn
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 27, 2002. 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
- PP5252
- Filed
- September 27, 1982
- Granted
- July 3, 1984
- Expires
- September 27, 2002
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
An African violet named Improved Evelyn characterized by its vigorous growth habit; upright flower stems which are generally centrally positioned; large deep violet blue single flowers; floriferous flowering habit with 7-10 flowers being produced per stem, and by its medium green leaves which provide a good contrast to the deep violet color.
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 known by the cultivar name Improved Evelyn, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its vigorous growth habit; upright flower stems which are generally centrally positioned; large deep violet blue single flowers; floriferous flowering habit, with 7-10 flowers being produced per stem, and by its medium green leaves which provide a good contrast to the deep violet color.
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