US Plant Patent PP14701

Cheryl's Shadow

Geranium plant named ‘Cheryl's Shadow’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 1, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 6, 2023. This patent earned 26 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14701, the photograph of Cheryl's Shadow printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14701, 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: PP14701
Filed: May 6, 2003
Granted: April 13, 2004
Expires: June 1, 2023
Inventor: FROSS DAVID C R

Abstract

A new cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Cheryl's Shadow’ that is characterized by small pale pink flowers against contrasting dark purple foliage, rose-pink stems, and prostrate habit. In combination these traits set ‘Cheryl's Shadow’ apart from all other varieties of Geranium known to the inventor.

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 variety of Geranium plant named ‘Cheryl's Shadow’ as described and illustrated herein.

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