US Plant Patent PP6986
Little Apatite
African violet plant named Little Apatite
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 30, 2008. 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
- PP6986
- Filed
- September 30, 1988
- Granted
- August 15, 1989
- Expires
- September 30, 2008
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Little Apatite characterized by its miniature growth habit; single, lilac flowers with darker touch in the center; violet-shaped flowers having elongated petals; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse and continuous flowering; medium green spear to heart-shaped, slightly serrated leaves, flowering 10-11 weeks after planting of unrooted shoot, 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 Little Apatite, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its miniature growth habit; single, lilac flowers with darker touch in the center; violet-shaped flowers having elongated petals; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse and continuous flowering; medium green spear to heart-shaped, slightly serrated leaves; flowering 10-11 weeks after planting of unrooted shoot, and by its long lasting and non-dropping flowers.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6986 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.