US Plant Patent PP6929
Little Ruby
African violet plant named Little Ruby
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 10, 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
- PP6929
- Filed
- May 10, 1988
- Granted
- July 18, 1989
- Expires
- May 10, 2008
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Little Ruby characterized by its miniature growth habit; single violet-shaped to semi-double red flowers; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse and continuous flowering; dark green, spear-shaped 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 Ruby, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its miniature growth habit; single violet-shaped to semi-double red flowers; strong stems which curve toward the center to form a compact bouquet above the leaves; profuse and continuous flowering; dark green, spear-shaped 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 PP6929 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.