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US Plant Patent PP12769

Jazz

Guzmania plant named ‘Jazz’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 1, 2019. 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.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12769, the photograph of Jazz printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12769, 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
PP12769
Filed
December 1, 1999
Granted
July 9, 2002
Expires
December 1, 2019
Assignee
CORN BAK BV
Inventor
BAK ELLY; STEUR NICOLAAS D M

Abstract

A Guzmania plant named ‘Jazz’ particularly characterized by its steady growth habit in a funnel-form rosette measuring approximately 42 cm in height above the pot when flowering; numerous, relatively narrow leaves, each approximately 3-3.5 cm in width and 30-42 cm in length; superior primary bract production; compound inflorescence; floral bracts are bright orange, which especially distinguishes the new cultivar from others known to the Inventors, including the cultivar ‘Jive’; and long-lasting leaves and inflorescence color.

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 cultivar of Guzmania plant named ‘Jazz’, substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12769 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.