US Plant Patent PP6587
Sonja
African violet plant named Sonja
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
- PP6587
- Filed
- June 1, 1987
- Granted
- February 7, 1989
- Expires
- June 1, 2007
Abstract
An African violet plant named Sonja, characterized by its violet-shaped, but round-looking purple flowers with wavy edges; upright flower stems, producing a nice bouquet above the foliage; profuse flowering; vigorous growth habit; round to oval medium green leaves; long-lasting and 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 Sonja, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its violet-shaped, but round-looking purple flowers with wavy edges; upright flower stems, producing a nice bouquet above the foliage; profuse flowering; vigorous growth habit; round to oval medium green leaves; and long lasting and non-dropping flowering habit.
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