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US Plant Patent PP16385

Clips Redthree

Geranium plant named ‘Clips Redthree’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 9, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 5, 2024. This patent earned 157 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16385, the photograph of Clips Redthree printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16385, 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
PP16385
Filed
April 5, 2004
Granted
March 28, 2006
Expires
September 9, 2024
Inventor
HANES MITCHELL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Clips Redthree’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and rounded growth habit; freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit with many flower umbels per plant; and flower umbels with numerous intense red-colored semi-double flowers.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Clips Redthree’, as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16385 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.