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US Plant Patent PP12646

GUZ 227

Bromeliad plant named ‘GUZ 227’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 23, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 16, 2020. This patent earned 7 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12646, the photograph of GUZ 227 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12646, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP12646
Filed
October 16, 2000
Granted
May 28, 2002
Expires
October 23, 2020
Assignee
KENT S BROMELIAD NURSERY INC
Inventor
BUNNIK RONALD

Abstract

A Bromeliad hybrid comprising an improvement over its parent, Guzmania ‘Irene’. The foliage is denser and more compact than that of ‘Irene’, and the leaves are darker, thicker and wider. The plant is a tetraploid, and is faster growing than ‘Irene’, reaching marketability in 10-12 months. The primary bracts are wider and closer together making the spike fuller and more compact. The bract color is darker and clearer than that of ‘Irene’.

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 named ‘Guz 227’ as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12646 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.