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US Plant Patent PP6397

Orion

Streptocarpus plant named Orion

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 30, 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
PP6397
Filed
January 30, 1987
Granted
November 15, 1988
Expires
January 30, 2007
Inventor
DREWLOW LYNDON W

Abstract

A Streptocarpus plant named Orion characterized by its numerous pliable short leaves in rosette form, blue violet flower colors, compact growth habit, ease of propagation, floriferous habit, tolerance to low light and high temperature, ability to ship well, and by its long lasting, non-shattering flowers.

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 Streptocarpus plant named Orion, as illustrated and described, and particularly characterized by its numerous pliable short leaves in rosette form, blue violet flower colors, compact growth habit, ease of propagation, floriferous habit, tolerance to low light and high temperature, ability to ship well, and by its long lasting, non-shattering flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6397 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.