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US Plant Patent PP5615

Miami

African violet plant named Miami

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 5, 2004. 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
PP5615
Filed
January 5, 1984
Granted
December 31, 1985
Expires
January 5, 2004
Inventor
HOLTKAMP REINHOLD

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of African violet plant named Miami characterized by its vigorous growth habit, girl-type leaves which are heaving indented and serrated, 7-9 upright flower stems each of which carries 5-9 flowers which are intensive pink and two-tone in color, with the center of the flower being darker, and by its profuse flowering habit.

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 plant named Miami, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its vigorous growth habit, girl-type leaves which are heavily indented and serrated, 7-9 upright flower stems each of which carries 5-9 flowers which are intensive pink and two-tone in color, with the center of the flower being darker, and by its profuse flowering habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5615 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.