US Plant Patent PP17005

Beky

Geranium plant named ‘Beky’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 17, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 15, 2023. This patent earned 154 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17005, the photograph of Beky printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17005, 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: PP17005
Filed: December 15, 2003
Granted: August 15, 2006
Expires: May 17, 2024
Assignee: J P BARTLETT CO INC
Inventor: ABRAMS LAURA B

Abstract

This invention is a new and distinct cultivar of a zonal geranium, Pelargonium×hortorum, named ‘Beky’. The cultivar has a brilliant array of colors within the plant's purple blossom and medium green foliage on a stable, full, well-branched plant.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of geranium plant, as herein illustrated and described.

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