US Plant Patent PP9426
Torch
Guzmania plant named Torch
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 29, 2014. 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
- PP9426
- Filed
- December 29, 1994
- Granted
- January 9, 1996
- Expires
- December 29, 2014
- Assignee
- CORN BAK BV
- Inventor
- BAK GERARDUS J; STEUR NICHOLAAS D; BAK ELLY
Abstract
A new cultivar of Guzmania named `Torch` characterized by an inflorescence on a stalk measuring approximately 6 cm in height as flowering commences to approximately 18 cm in height at maturity; bright red (RHS 44A) primary bracts and yellow (RHS 14A) primary bract-ends produced on a strong, solid, compact, broad-leafed plant.
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 `Torch`, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9426 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.