US Plant Patent PP6438
Sagitarius
African violet plant named Sagitarius
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
- PP6438
- Filed
- March 4, 1987
- Granted
- December 6, 1988
- Expires
- March 4, 2007
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP SR REINHOLD
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of African violet named Sagitarius characterized by its single deep blue flower with white wavy edges; strong, upright flower stems that curve toward the center to form a bouquet above the leaves; girl-type leaves; profuse flowering, vigorous growth habit, flowering 9-10 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 Sagitarius, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its single deep blue flower with white wavy edges; strong, upright flower stems that curve toward the center to form a bouquet above the leaves; girl-type leaves; profuse flowering, vigorous growth habit, flowering 9-10 weeks after potting, and its long-lasting and non-dropping flowers.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6438 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.