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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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7969 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.