US Plant Patent PP7969
Eclipse Salmon Orange
Geranium named Eclipse Salmon Orange
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 8, 2011. 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
- PP7969
- Filed
- March 8, 1991
- Granted
- September 8, 1992
- Expires
- March 8, 2011
Abstract
A new Geranium variety particularly distinguished by its vigorous, fast-rooting growth and its large semi-double salmon orange flowers which are borne in large umbels carried by strong tall stalks well above dark green foliage.
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 plant substantially as herein shown and described characterized by dark green foliage with faint zonation, salmon orange flower color, and semi-double flowers on large umbels, the plant being fast-rooting and having a vigorous bush-like growth habit.
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