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US Plant Patent PP12955

Blogold

Geranium plant named ‘Blogold’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 11, 2019. 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 4 of US plant patent PP12955, the photograph of Blogold printed in the patent.
Figure 4 from US Plant Patent PP12955, 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
PP12955
Filed
January 11, 1999
Granted
September 17, 2002
Expires
January 11, 2019
Assignee
BLOOMS OF BRESSINGHAM LTD
Inventor
KRAMER HANS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of geranium with yellow-green foliage and large singe violet-blue blossoms, these blossoms starting from mid June and continuing through to early October. This geranium forms spreading mounded clumps, and is ideal for use in borders or containers that do not become too dry.

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 cultivar of geranium, substantially as shown and described herein, characterized by its combination of yellow green foliage and many large single violet-blue blossoms arranged as compound dichasial Cymes.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12955 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.