US Plant Patent PP7323
Little Moonstone
African violet plant named Little Moonstone
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 8, 2009. 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
- PP7323
- Filed
- June 8, 1989
- Granted
- September 11, 1990
- Expires
- June 8, 2009
- Assignee
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD SR
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD SR
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Little Moonstone characterized by its miniature growth habit; double white flowers with light blue touch in the center, strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse and continuous flowering; bright green, serrated, round 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 Moonstone, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its miniature growth habit; double white flowers with light blue touch in the center, strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse and continuous flowering; bright green, serrated, round 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 PP7323 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.