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US Plant Patent PP6107

Meg

African violet plant named Meg

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 28, 2006. 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
PP6107
Filed
January 28, 1986
Granted
February 16, 1988
Expires
January 28, 2006
Inventor
HOLTKAMP SR REINHOLD

Abstract

An African violet plant named Meg having semi-double, two-tone pink flowers; girl-type leaves; strong upright stems; early and profuse flowering; compact flower head positioned above the leaves; and 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 Meg, as illustrated and described, and particularly characterized by its semi-double, two-tone pink flowers; girl-type leaves; strong upright stems; early and profuse flowering; a compact flower head positioned above the leaves; and by its long-lasting and non-dropping flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6107 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.