US Plant Patent PP4349
Kansas
African violet plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 22, 1998. 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
- PP4349
- Filed
- February 22, 1978
- Granted
- December 19, 1978
- Expires
- February 22, 1998
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
An African violet known by the varietal name Kansas and a mutation of Delaware, characterized by strong upright flower stems each of which carries 4-5 flowers. The flowers are large, star-shaped, non-dropping and pure white in color, with a slight red hue in center. Kansas flowers continuously, is fast growing, and have a compact growth 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 known by the varietal name Kansas and characterized by the combined features of strong upright flower stems each of which carries 4-5 flowers; large, star-shaped, non-dropping flowers pure white in color, with red hue in center; continuous flowering, and fast growing and compact growth habit.
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