US Plant Patent PP13679

Viola

Guzmania plant named ‘Viola’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 10, 2022. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP13679
Filed: May 10, 2002
Granted: March 25, 2003
Expires: May 10, 2022
Assignee: TWYFORD INTERNAT INC
Inventor: HILL JR HERBERT H

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Guzmania plant named ‘Viola’, characterized by its upright and outwardly arching plant habit; medium green-colored foliage; inflorescences held upright and above foliage on strong scapes; branched inflorescences with showy red purple flower bracts; and long-lasting inflorescences that maintain good coloration for about two to three months.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Guzmania plant named ‘Viola’, as illustrated and described.

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