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US Plant Patent PP10351

Guz 218

Bromeliad plant named `Guz 218`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 26, 2016. 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
PP10351
Filed
July 26, 1996
Granted
April 21, 1998
Expires
July 26, 2016
Inventor
KENT JEFFREY C

Abstract

A Guzmania hybrid having bright red bracts, with the lower and uppermost bracts ascending and the intermediately positioned bracts splayed relative to the axis of the spike. Corollas protrude as bright yellow ovoid pod-like structures. Inflorescence is long lasting with the bract coloration having a high sheen.

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 Guzmania plant as shown and described herein, characterized particularly as to novelty by the bright red coloration of the bracts, with the lower and uppermost bracts ascending and the intermediately positioned bracts splayed relative to the axis of the spike.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10351 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.