US Plant Patent PP5021
Improved Maine
African violet plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 9, 2001. 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
- PP5021
- Filed
- September 9, 1981
- Granted
- April 5, 1983
- Expires
- September 9, 2001
- Inventor
- HOLTKAMP REINHOLD
Abstract
An African violet plant known by the cultivar name Improved Maine and characterized by its profuse blooming habit, with 10 or more flower stems carrying up to 9-12 or more flowers per stem, each of which is basically white, but tipped with blue. Improved Maine blooms essentially continuously, as is further characterized by its compact, uniform and vigorous growth habit. An attractive saleable plant is provided within 8-9 weeks after potting.
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I claim: 1. A new cultivar of African violet known by the cultivar name Improved Maine and characterized by the combined features of profuse blooming habit, with ten or more flower stems carrying up to 9-12 or more flowers per stem, with the flowers being basically white but tipped with blue; single flower form, with an occasional additional petal, frequently in the center; uniform, compact and vigorous growth habit, essentially continuous blooming, and by its ability to provide an attractive saleable plant within 8-9 weeks after potting.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5021 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.