US Plant Patent PP9544
BFP-838 Dark Red
Geranium plant named `BFP-838 Dark Red`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 10, 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
- PP9544
- Filed
- May 10, 1995
- Granted
- May 7, 1996
- Expires
- May 10, 2015
- Assignee
- GEO J BALL INC
- Inventor
- TREES SCOTT C
Abstract
A new and distinct Pelargonium×hortorum cultivar named `BFP-838 Dark Red` is provided. This new Zonal Geranium cultivar was the result of a controlled breeding program wherein a plant designated G4111-4 (non-patented in the United States) was pollinated by the `Fox` cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,083). The new cultivar forms attractive semi-double dark red florets. Attractive medium green foliage with zonation is well retained during shipment. The growth habit is 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-838 Dark Red`, substantially as herein shown and described, which: (a) exhibits attractive semi-double dark red florets, (b) forms attractive medium green foliage with zonation, and (c) exhibits a medium self-branching growth habit in the absence of a growth regulator.
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