US Plant Patent PP36258
Huggy Bear
Geranium maculatum plant named ‘Huggy Bear’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends August 10, 2043.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 5, 2043. This patent earned 66 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP36258
- Filed
- June 5, 2023
- Granted
- November 19, 2024
- Expires
- August 10, 2043
- Assignee
- HORVATH BRENT ARPAD
- Inventor
- HORVATH BRENT ARPAD
Abstract
A new, distinct Geranium maculatum plant named ‘Huggy Bear’ as shown and described, characterized by the combination of chocolate purple 187 A colored new foliage growth and mature foliage and plants that are resistant to foliar diseases.
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 Geranium maculatum plant named ‘Huggy Bear’ as herein illustrated and described.
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