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US Plant Patent PP12459

Soledo

Guzmania plant named ‘Soledo’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 9, 2020. 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 PP12459, the photograph of Soledo printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12459, 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
PP12459
Filed
March 9, 2000
Granted
March 12, 2002
Expires
March 9, 2020
Assignee
CORN BAK BV
Inventor
BAK ELLY; STEUR NICOLAAS D M

Abstract

A Guzmania plant named ‘Soledo’ particularly characterized by its solid growth habit in a funnel-form rosette measuring approximately 32 cm in height above the pot when flowering. The leaves are numerous and relatively narrow, each approximately 5.0-5.5 cm in width and 34 cm in length. ‘Soledo’ has a superior floral bract production, compound inflorescence, long-lasting habit, and yellow-red floral bracts, which especially distinguishes the new cultivar from others, including the cultivar ‘Red Star’.

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 ‘Soledo’, substantially as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12459 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.