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US Plant Patent PP4782

Glacier

African violet plant

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 1, 2000. 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
PP4782
Filed
July 1, 1980
Granted
October 27, 1981
Expires
July 1, 2000
Inventor
HOLTKAMP REINHOLD

Abstract

An African Violet plant known by the cultivar name Glacier and particularly characterized by its large white, star-shaped flowers having five to eight petals; strong and upright flower stems; heart-shaped leaves, vigorous growth habit, and by its long lasting, non-dropping flowers.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinctive cultivar of African Violet plant known by the cultivar name Glacier, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its large white, star-shaped flowers having five to eight petals; strong and upright flower stems; heart-shaped leaves, vigorous growth habit, and by its long lasting, non-dropping flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4782 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.