US Plant Patent PP6604
Mary
African violet plant named Mary
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired June 1, 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
- PP6604
- Filed
- June 1, 1987
- Granted
- February 14, 1989
- Expires
- June 1, 2007
Abstract
An African violet plant named Mary, characterized by its white flowers with pink center radiating irregularly towards the very delicately frilled edges; tight bouquet about the leaves; strong upright flower stems curving slightly toward the center; profuse flowering; vigorous growth habit; medium green, velvety, round, serrated leaves; and long lasting and non-dropping single 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 Mary, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its white flowers with pink center radiating irregularly towards the very delicately frilled edges; tight bouquet above the leaves; strong upright flower stems curving slightly toward the center; profuse flowering; vigorous growth habit; medium green, velvety, round, serrated leaves; and long lasting and non-dropping single flowers.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6604 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.