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US Plant Patent PP12411

Clips Rose

Geranium plant named ‘Clips Rose’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 31, 2020. 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 3 of US plant patent PP12411, the photograph of Clips Rose printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12411, 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
PP12411
Filed
March 31, 2000
Granted
February 19, 2002
Expires
March 31, 2020
Assignee
GOLDSMITH PLANTS INC
Inventor
HANES MITCHELL EUGENE

Abstract

A new geranium cultivar particularly distinguished by dark green foliage with light zonation, rose flower color, and semi-double flowers on large umbels, fast rooting and exhibits vigorous growth.

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 plant substantially as herein shown and described, named ‘Clips Rose’, that is characterized by: dark green foliage with light zonation, rose flower color, and semi-double flowers on large umbels, fast rooting and exhibits vigorous growth habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12411 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.