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US Plant Patent PP5238

Orchis

Distinct variety of Streptocarpus named Orchis

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 28, 2002. 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
PP5238
Filed
December 28, 1982
Granted
May 29, 1984
Expires
December 28, 2002
Inventor
KELLER EMIL

Abstract

The new cultivar is generally characterized by its two-tone rose pink and purple coloration and its distinct veining. It is also characterized by flower stalks which are open and of irregular length.

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 variety of Streptocarpus substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5238 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.