US Plant Patent PP5884
Eileen)
African violet (variety--Eileen)
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 24, 2005. 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
- PP5884
- Filed
- April 24, 1985
- Granted
- February 17, 1987
- Expires
- April 24, 2005
- 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 clear white with distinct violet blue edged flowers, and its abundant foliage of solid green color which provide a spreading base and attractive backing for the clusters of blossoms.
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 having violet blue-edged white flowers and abundant foliage.
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