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US Plant Patent PP5597

Rhonda

African violet (Rhonda)

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 10, 2004. 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
PP5597
Filed
February 10, 1984
Granted
December 10, 1985
Expires
February 10, 2004
Inventor
YOSHIDA EIICHI

Abstract

A new variety of African violet plant for potted plant culture particularly distinguished by its year around blooming capability, its profuse production of pink ruffled-edged flowers and its compact, girl-leaf foliage of solid green color. An ideal plant for small potted plant production.

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

I claim: 1. An African Violet plant substantially as shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5597 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.