US Plant Patent PP4267
Georgia
African violet plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 3, 1997. 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
- PP4267
- Filed
- March 3, 1977
- Granted
- June 20, 1978
- Expires
- March 3, 1997
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
An African violet cultivar characterized by medium pink flowers carried on strong, upright stems, with 6 to 10 flowers on each stem, vigorous growth, dark green leaves and long blooming period.
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 known by the cultivar name Georgia and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of vigorous growth, upright and strong flower stems each carrying 6-10 medium pink size flowers which are non-dropping; strong upright peduncle; long blooming period; dark green shiny leaves, and by the characteristic of being an attractive, saleable plant with the first flash of flowers.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4267 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.