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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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4352 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.