US Plant Patent PP9551
BFP-788 Bright Scarlet
Geranium plant named `BFP-788 Bright Scarlet`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 1, 2015. 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
- PP9551
- Filed
- May 1, 1995
- Granted
- May 14, 1996
- Expires
- May 1, 2015
- Assignee
- GEO J BALL INC
- Inventor
- TREES SCOTT C
Abstract
5The new and distinct Pelargonium×hortorum cultivar named `BFP-788 Bright Scarlet` is provided. This new Zonal Geranium was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein a plant designated 1908-47 (non-patented in the United States) was pollinated by a plant designated PAS 231-1-2 (non-patented in the United States). The new cultivar forms attractive semi-double scarlet red florets. Medium green foliage is well retained during shipment. The growth habit is medium self-branching and does not require the use of a growth regulator.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct Geranium plant named `BFP-788 Bright Scarlet` substantiually as herein shown and described which: (a) exhibits attractive semi-double scarlet red florets, (b) forms attractive medium green foliage, and (c) exhibits a medium self-branching growth habit in the absence of the use of a growth regulator.
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