US Plant Patent PP7576
Centennial
Geranium plant `Centennial`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 18, 2009. 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
- PP7576
- Filed
- July 18, 1989
- Granted
- July 2, 1991
- Expires
- July 18, 2009
Abstract
This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of geranium (Pelargonium×Xhortorum) named `Centennial` substantially as described herein, characterized as being particularly well adapted to both commercial greenhouse production and garden performance, and as being early flowering, floriferous, self-branching, compact and producing bright scarlet semidouble flowers.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of geranium substantially as shown and described herein, characterized as being particularly well adapted to both commercial greenhouse production and garden performance and as being early flowering, floriferous, self-branching, compact, and producing bright scarlet, semidouble flowers.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7576 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.