US Plant Patent PP6638
Irish Ruffles
African violet plant named Irish Ruffles
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired August 13, 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
- PP6638
- Filed
- August 13, 1987
- Granted
- February 28, 1989
- Expires
- August 13, 2007
Abstract
A cultivar of African violet plant named Irish Ruffles, characterized by its white flower color with ruffled light green edges, large single flowers, medium green foliage, compact growth habit, and its floriferous 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 plant named Irish Ruffles, as illustrated and described, and particularly characterized by its white flower color with ruffled light green edges, large single flowers, medium green foliage, compact growth habit, and its floriferous habit.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6638 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.