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US Plant Patent PP8752

Americana Red

Geranium named Americana Red

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 20, 2013. 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
PP8752
Filed
April 20, 1993
Granted
May 24, 1994
Expires
April 20, 2013
Inventor
HANES MITCHELL

Abstract

A new geranium cultivar particularly distinguished by the semi-double red flowers. The plant itself is strong and basal branching, growing to a height of 16-20 cm. as a 6 inch potted plant.

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 geranium cultivar substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its red colored, semi-double flowers on large umbels, green foliage without a distinct zonation; the plant being fast rooting and having a vigorous basal branching growth habit.

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