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US Plant Patent PP8577

Mandarine

Guzmania plant named Mandarine

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 4, 2012. 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
PP8577
Filed
June 4, 1992
Granted
February 1, 1994
Expires
June 4, 2012
Assignee
H DE MEYER
Inventor
DE MEYER HENRI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Guzmania plant named Mandarine, characterized by its bright orange red bracts in the center of the plant which extend generally horizontal in the upper ends thereof to form a more open show of color; lower green leaves which provide a striking contrast with the orange red bracts; purplish striping on the top surface of leaf sheaths of new leaves, and its long lasting flowers.

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 cultivar of Guzmania plant named Mandarine, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8577 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.