US Plant Patent PP4414
Ohio
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
- PP4414
- Filed
- February 22, 1978
- Granted
- May 15, 1979
- Expires
- February 22, 1998
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
An african violet named Ohio having strong and upright flower stems which support 7-12 red-purple flowers on each stem, with the flowers having 5-15 petals. The flowers have a semi-double appearance when several petals appear above the main petals. The plant is compact and fast growing, and has dark green, velvety leaves.
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 Ohio and characterized by the combined features of strong and upright flower stems which support 7-12 red-purple flowers on each stem, with the flower having 5-15 petals, with the flower having a semi-double appearance when several petals appear above the main petals; very compact and fast growing habit, and dark green, velvety leaves.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4414 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.