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US Plant Patent PP14878

Butterfly Red

Saintpaulia plant named ‘Butterfly Red’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 2, 2023. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14878, the photograph of Butterfly Red printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14878, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP14878
Filed
September 2, 2003
Granted
June 8, 2004
Expires
September 2, 2023
Assignee
KWEKERIJ MARIENOORD B V
Inventor
VAN DER KNAAP HENRICUS G J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Saintpaulia plant named ‘Butterfly Red’, characterized by its compact plant habit; freely flowering habit; and star-shaped double purple and lighter purple bi-colored flowers.

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 Saintpaulia plant named ‘Butterfly Red’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14878 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.