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US Plant Patent PP6479

Roxanna

African violet plant named Roxanna

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 4, 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
PP6479
Filed
March 4, 1987
Granted
December 20, 1988
Expires
March 4, 2007
Inventor
HOLTKAMP SR REINHOLD

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Roxanna, characterized by its single mainly white flowers with red-purple centers and edges with additional petals occasionally appearing in the center; strong, upright flower stems that curve toward the center to form a bouquet above the leaves; profuse flowering; vigorous growth habit, flowering 8-10 weeks after potting, and its 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 Roxanna, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its single mainly white flowers with red-purple centers and edges with additional petals occasionally appearing in the center; strong, upright flower stems that curve toward the center to form a bouquet above the leaves; profuse flowering; vigorous growth habit, flowering 8-10 weeks after potting, and its long-lasting and non-dropping flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6479 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.