US Plant Patent PP4353
Wisconsin
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
- PP4353
- Filed
- February 22, 1978
- Granted
- December 19, 1978
- Expires
- February 22, 1998
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
An African violet named Wisconsin, which is a mutation of Cornelia. Wisconsin is characterized by its intensive blue-violet flower color and uniform flowering, with the flowers being long lasting and non-dropping. The plant is vigorous and fast growing, producing up to 11 or more flower stems, each carrying four to six flowers, thereby providing a full bouquet when the plant is in full bloom.
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 Wisconsin and characterized by the combined features of intensive blue-violet flower color, with the flowers being long lasting and non-dropping; uniform flowering; vigorous and fast growing growth habit, producing up to 11 or more flower stems, each carrying four to six flowers, thereby providing a full bouquet when the plant is in full bloom, and soft and velvety leaves, medium to light green in color.
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