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US Plant Patent PP6595

Black Magic

Bedding viola named `Black Magic`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 6, 2007. 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
PP6595
Filed
August 6, 1987
Granted
February 7, 1989
Expires
August 6, 2007

Abstract

New and distinct cultivar of bedding viola named Black Magic, characterized by its prominent black colored flowers, floriferous habit, hardiness to extreme cold and compact stature.

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 form of Viola plant as described and illustrated known by the cultivar name Black Magic and particularly characterized by its black flowers; floriferous habit; low growing, compact and spreading form; ability to thrive heartily in full sun and its hardiness to severely cold Winter temperatures.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6595 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.