US Plant Patent PP4296
Indiana
African violet plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 12, 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
- PP4296
- Filed
- April 12, 1977
- Granted
- September 5, 1978
- Expires
- April 12, 1997
- Assignee
- GESELLSCHAFTSVERTRAG UBER DIE
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
An African violet having strong stems and 10-12 large pink flowers on each stem. The cultivar is a vigorous grower and is saleable with the first flash of flowers in 7-9 weeks, and full flowering 8-10 weeks.
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 African violet known by the cultivar name Indiana and particularly characterized as to uniqueness by the combined characteristics of large pink flowers on strong upright stems, the first flash of flowers being on 6-8 stems with 5-7 additional stems therebelow with flowers at the bud stage; up to 12 non-dropping flowers on each stem; medium green leaves, and by its vigorous growth, with full flowering appearing in 8-10 weeks.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4296 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.