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US Plant Patent PP11401

GUZ 216

Bromeliad plant named `GUZ 216`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 13, 2018. 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
PP11401
Filed
July 13, 1998
Granted
June 6, 2000
Expires
July 13, 2018
Inventor
KENT JEFFREY C

Abstract

A medium sized Guzmania hybrid that has a uniform variegation throughout and a suffusion of red color blending into the yellow color of the floral bracts after anthesis. The variegation brightens the colors of the parent.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Guzmania plant substantially shown and described characterized by uniform variegation throughout the plant, a suffusion of red color blending in with the yellow color of the floral bracts after anthesis, said floral bracts remaining in color for a period of between three and four months.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11401 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.