US Plant Patent PP10059
Guzmania plant named Fireworks
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 22, 2016. 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
- PP10059
- Filed
- May 22, 1996
- Granted
- October 7, 1997
- Expires
- May 22, 2016
- Assignee
- TWYFORD INT INC
- Inventor
- HILL JR HERBERT H
No cultivar name of record
This patent does not name the plant, which is unusual for its date — by the mid-1990s nearly every plant patent carried a cultivar name. The grant identifies this one by its number and by a written description instead.
Nothing here is missing from our records: the patent itself states no name. Where one exists we show it, and we do not invent one.
Abstract
A new cultivar of Guzmania named `Fireworks` having large star shaped, long lasting, dark red inflorescence with yellow-green terminal bracts and branch spikes. The foliage is durable and resistant to tip browning. Plants of `Fireworks` tolerate a wide range of cultural conditions and are easy to grow.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Guzmania plant named `Fireworks`, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10059 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.