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US Plant Patent PP8717

Tutti Frutti

Guzmania plant named Tutti Frutti

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 11, 2013. 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
PP8717
Filed
June 11, 1993
Granted
May 3, 1994
Expires
June 11, 2013
Inventor
DE MEYER HENRI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Guzmania plant named Tutti Frutti, characterized by the combined features of multi-colored bracts, with the top bracts varying from green at the sheaths over orange and red, to a black tip. The bottom bracts have a green tip and a red lower half. The completely green leaf sheaths are well formed when fully grown and are closely linked at the base. The inflorescence lasts over six months.

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 Tutti Frutti, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8717 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.