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US Plant Patent PP9905

Aechmea 212

Bromeliad plant named `Aechmea 212`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 27, 2015. 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
PP9905
Filed
November 27, 1995
Granted
May 27, 1997
Expires
November 27, 2015
Inventor
KENT JEFFREY C

Abstract

A cross of Aechmea cucculata `White` and Aechmea fasciata `Spineless` (both unpatented) which differs from other crosses of the same in the fact that it is spineless and has glaucous, silvery leaves and an upright growth setting off a vivid pink inflorescence.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Aechmea plant substantially as herein described and illustrated, characterized particularly as to novelty by its glaucous, silvery leaves and an upright growth habit setting off a vivid pink infloresence.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9905 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.