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US Plant Patent PP6635

Achilles

Streptocarpus plant named Achilles

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 22, 2007. 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
PP6635
Filed
April 22, 1987
Granted
February 28, 1989
Expires
April 22, 2007

Abstract

A Streptocarpus plant named Achilles, characterized by its distinct dark red flower color, semi-compact growth habit, ease of propagation, highly floriferous and continuous flowering habits, and by its ability to flower both under low light and high temperature conditions.

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 Streptocarpus plant named Achilles, as illustrated and described, and particularly characterized by its distinct dark red flower color, semi-compact growth habit, ease of propagation, highly floriferous and continuous flowering habits, and its ability to flower both under low light and high temperature conditions.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6635 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.