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US Plant Patent PP5203

Exacum affine

Exacum affine pot plant

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 16, 2003. 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
PP5203
Filed
February 16, 1983
Granted
March 13, 1984
Expires
February 16, 2003
Inventor
ROSENDAL ERIK

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Exacum plant characterized by double flowers, floriferousness, blooming habits and the sterility of the flower. Plants can be propagated by asexual processes true to type and the rooting ability is excellent. The size of the single flower surpasses the known single cultivars.

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

Having thus disclosed my invention, I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Exacum plant as shown and described, characterized by its double flowers, its floriferousness, its blooming habits and the sterility of the flower. Plants can be propagated by asexual processes true to type and the rooting ability is excellent. The size of the single flower surpasses the known single cultivars.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5203 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.