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US Plant Patent PP5627

New Orleans

African violet plant named New Orleans

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
PP5627
Filed
March 22, 1983
Granted
January 7, 1986
Expires
March 22, 2003
Inventor
HOLTKAMP REINHOLD

Abstract

An African violet plant named New Orleans having upright flower stems, large frilled flowers lilac in color, with a more intense dark lilac on the frilled margins, vigorous growth habit with early flowering, attractive girl type leaves, and non-dropping and long lasting 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 African violet plant named New Orleans, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by upright flower stems, large frilled flowers lilac in color, with a more intense dark lilac on the frilled margins, vigorous growth habit with early flowering, attractive girl type leaves, and non-dropping and long lasting flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5627 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.