US Plant Patent PP11440
BFP-1697
Geranium plant named `BFP-1697`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 10, 2018. 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
- PP11440
- Filed
- July 10, 1998
- Granted
- July 11, 2000
- Expires
- July 10, 2018
- Assignee
- BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
- Inventor
- TREES SCOTT C
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named `BFP-1697`, characterized by its numerous semi-double purple-colored flowers with white centers; upright and rounded growth habit; vigorous and basal branching; and medium green leaves.
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 `BFP-1697`, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11440 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.