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US Plant Patent PP6524

Trinidad

African violet plant named Trinidad

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
PP6524
Filed
June 1, 1987
Granted
January 10, 1989
Expires
June 1, 2007

Abstract

An African violet plant named Trinidad, characterized by its light lavender flowers with purple on the edge of the two smaller petals, white lightly frilled edges on the other petals; first flash of flowers forming a tight bouquet above the leaves; strong upright flower stems curving toward the center; profuse flowering; vigorous growth habit; medium green, slightly hairy, oval leaves; and 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 plant named Trinidad, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its light lavender flowers with purple on the edge of the two smaller petals, white lightly frilled edges on the other petals; first flash of flowers forming a tight bouquet above the leaves; strong upright flower stems curving toward the center; profuse flowering; vigorous growth habit; medium green, slightly hairy, oval leaves; and long lasting and non-dropping flowering habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6524 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.