US Plant Patent PP8625
Zenith
Guzmania plant named Zenith
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 18, 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
- PP8625
- Filed
- March 18, 1993
- Granted
- March 1, 1994
- Expires
- March 18, 2013
- Assignee
- H DE MEYER DE ROUCK
- Inventor
- DE MEYER HENRI
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Guzmania plant named Zenith, characterized by its shiny red bracts before flowering turning to a deep red after flowering; the tips of the uppermost bracts can vary in color to a much darker greyed-purple or black-red whereas the bottom bracts have a green tip and a grey-green-red zone which is a link to the red colored lower half; lower leaves which are primarily dark green in color and which provide excellent contrast with the flower cone; purplish striped leaf sheaths, and its long lasting inflorescence.
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 Zenith, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8625 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.