US Plant Patent PP4352
Kentucky
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
- PP4352
- Filed
- February 22, 1978
- Granted
- December 19, 1978
- Expires
- February 22, 1998
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
An African violet named Kentucky having strong and upright stems each carrying up to 10 flowers which are non-dropping blue-violet in color, durable and of typical violet shape. The new cultivar has dark green leaves, and sturdy 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 cultivar name Kentucky and having the combined characteristics of strong and upright stems each carrying up to 10 flowers; non-dropping, blue-violet and durable flowers regular in shape; dark green leaves, and sturdy growth habit.
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