US Plant Patent PP5616
Improved Washington
African violet plant named Improved Washington
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 5, 2004. 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
- PP5616
- Filed
- January 5, 1984
- Granted
- December 31, 1985
- Expires
- January 5, 2004
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet plant named Improved Washington characterized by its intense violet blue flower color and single to semi-double frilled flower shape, an abundance of strong and upright flower stems, each of which carry 9 or more flowers thereby making the cultivar highly floriferous, vigorous and compact growth habit, and by its yellow and prominent pollen, which provides a pleasing contrast to the flower color.
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I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of African violet plant named Improved Washington, as illustrated and described, and particularly characterized by its intense violet blue flower color and single to semi-double frilled flower shape; an abundance of strong and upright flower stems, each of which carry 9 or more flowers thereby making the cultivar highly floriferous; vigorous and compact growth habit, and by its yellow and prominent pollen, which provides a pleasing contrast to the flower color.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5616 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.