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US Plant Patent PP6526

Shenandoah

African violet plant named Shenandoah

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 1, 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
PP6526
Filed
June 1, 1987
Granted
January 10, 1989
Expires
June 1, 2007

Abstract

An African violet plant named Shenandoah, characterized by its semi-double, dark blue flowers with wavy edges; nice bouquet formed on strong upright flower stems; vigorous growth habit; round to oval, medium green, slightly serrated leaves; and long lasting, non-dropping 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 named Shenandoah, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its semi-double, dark blue flowers with wavy edges; nice bouquet formed on strong upright flower stems; vigorous growth habit; round to oval, medium green, slightly serrated leaves; and long lasting, non-dropping flowering habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6526 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.