US Plant Patent PP5614
Jo
African violet plant named Jo
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
- PP5614
- Filed
- January 5, 1984
- Granted
- December 31, 1985
- Expires
- January 5, 2004
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Jo characterized by its compact growth habit, relatively small, wavy and serrated girl-type leaves; intense red-purple flower color, profuse flowering, with 7-9 flowers being carried on upright flower stems, and by its long lasting and non-dropping flowers.
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 Jo, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its compact growth habit, relatively small, wavy and serrated girl-type leaves; intense red-purple flower color, profuse flowering, with 7-9 flowers being carried on upright flower stems, and by its long lasting and non-dropping flowers.
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