ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. PP37,573, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Schoenmakers Tussenholding B.V. (Haaren, Netherlands).

"Fittonia plant named 'KEJAPA124'" was invented by Jan Cornelis Adrianus Maria Schoenmakers (Haaren, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "'KEJAPA124' is a new and distinctive Fittonia plant which is characterized by a compact, creeping growth habit, broadly lanceolate laminas with sinuate and deeply undulated margins, and dark green laminas with very light green-white bordering the green-white veins which creates a light-lime-green-on-dark-green pinnate variegation pattern. 'KEJAPA124' shows the stability of all these characteristics fr...