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US Plant Patent PP6247

Helen

Geranium plant "Helen"

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 3, 2006. 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
PP6247
Filed
July 3, 1986
Granted
August 16, 1988
Expires
July 3, 2006
Inventor
CRAIG Richard

Abstract

This invention relates to a new distinct cultivar of geranium, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized as being particularly well adapted to both commercial greenhouse production and garden performance, possessing unique flavonol and anthocyanin profiles and having more fully double flowers, better garden performance, and better heat tolerance when compared with geranium cultivar "Ivalo".

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 distinct cultivar of geranium, substantially as illustrated and described, characterized as being particularly well adapted to both commercial greenhouse production and garden performance, possessing unique flavonol and anthocyanin profiles and having more fully double flowers, better garden performance, and better heat tolerance when compared with geranium cultivar "Ivalo".

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6247 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.