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US Plant Patent PP10816

Franca

Neoregelia plant named `Franca`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 11, 2017. 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
PP10816
Filed
July 11, 1997
Granted
March 2, 1999
Expires
July 11, 2017
Inventor
SKOTAK JR CHESTER

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Neoregelia plant named `Franca`, characterized by its leaves with a creamy white margin (R.H.S. 160B) and dark green center (R.H.S. 131A); the innermost leaves at the center of the rosette, when in flower, are overlayed with pink (R.H.S. 59C); the innermost leaves at the center of the rosette hold their pink color for 3 to 5 months during and after flowering; and the plant produces large numbers of offsets.

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 Neoregelia plant named `Franca`, as illustrated and described within a 3 to 10 month period.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10816 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.