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
- Assignee
- GOLDSMITH SEEDS INC
- 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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