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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.