US Plant Patent PP4351
Montana
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
- PP4351
- Filed
- February 22, 1978
- Granted
- December 19, 1978
- Expires
- February 22, 1998
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
An African violet named Montana which is a mutation of Gigi, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,146. Montana has white flowers with blue tinging in the centers. The flowers are carried on strong, upright flower stems, and the plant is fast growing and has a compact growing habit. Initial flowering is 7-8 weeks after potting. Montana has green leaves with smooth edges, the leaves having a hairy and velvety texture.
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 Montana and characterized by the combined features of white flowers, having blue centers, the flowers being carried on strong, upright flower stems; fast growing and compact growing habit, with initial flowering being on 5-7 stems 7-8 weeks after potting, and oblong leaves having smooth edges and hairy and velvety texture.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4351 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.