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US Plant Patent PP5417

Monique

African violet plant named Monique

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 22, 2003. 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
PP5417
Filed
March 22, 1983
Granted
March 12, 1985
Expires
March 22, 2003
Inventor
HOLTKAMP REINHOLD

Abstract

An African violet plant named Monique having very early and profuse flowering, upright flower stems each carrying 7-10 or more lilac colored flowers, flexible peduncle, and green, attractive leaves.

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 variety of African violet plant named Monique, as described and illustrated, having early and profuse flowering, upright flower stems each carrying 7-10 or more lilac colored flowers, flexible peduncle and green, attractive leaves.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5417 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.