US Plant Patent PP12488

Balcolbugi

Geranium plant named ‘Balcolbugi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 31, 2021. 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.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12488, the photograph of Balcolbugi printed in the patent. — Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12488, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number: PP12488
Filed: March 31, 2001
Granted: March 26, 2002
Expires: March 31, 2021
Assignee: BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor: TREES SCOTT C

Abstract

A new and distinct cutlivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balcolbugi’, characterized by its burgandy-colored double flowers; cascading and mounded growth habit; freely basal branching habit; and medium green leaves with darker green zonation pattern.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Balcolbugi’, as herein illustrated and described.

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