US Plant Patent PP12945

Clips Vio

Geranium plant named ‘Clips Vio’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 20, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 12, 2021. This patent earned 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12945, the photograph of Clips Vio printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12945, 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: PP12945
Filed: March 12, 2001
Granted: September 10, 2002
Expires: April 20, 2021
Assignee: GOLDSMITH PLANTS INC
Inventor: HANES MITCHELL EUGENE

Abstract

A geranium cultivar particularly distinguished by dark green foliage with light zonation, violet 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 as shown and described herein.

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