US Plant Patent PP4818
Callissia
Callissia plant
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 27, 2000. 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
- PP4818
- Filed
- May 27, 1980
- Granted
- January 26, 1982
- Expires
- May 27, 2000
- Inventor
- FAIST CHARLES J; WEICH B GEORGE
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of the Callissia family characterized by the pink coloration of leaves and stems. The leaves on each plant are either solid pink in color or variegated with alternating pink and green regions, or both. Upon first seeing the plant, one is given the impression that its stem is covered with small pink flowers. The plant is particularly striking when contrasted with the normal green color of Callissia repens.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
We claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Callissia plant substantially as described and illustrated, characterized particularly as to novelty by its solid pink leaves, variegated leaves and pink stems.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP4818 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.