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US Plant Patent PP21215

ALTO

Guzmania plant named ‘ALTO’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 23, 2029.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP21215, the photograph of ALTO printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21215, 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
PP21215
Filed
March 23, 2009
Granted
August 17, 2010
Expires
March 23, 2029
Assignee
CORN BAK BV
Inventor
BAK ELLY; STEUR NICOLAAS D M

Abstract

A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid plant named ‘ALTO’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 42 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, yellow-green color foliage, measuring about 25 to 40 cm in length and about 3.0 cm to 4.0 cm in width; superior floral bract production; bracts have a unique greyed-purple inflorescence (RHS 187B); head inflorescence, measuring from about 8 cm in height when flowering commences to about 15 cm in height at maturity, and about 8 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.

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

1. A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid plant named ‘ALTO’, substantially as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21215 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.