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US Plant Patent PP31780

Crane Dance

Geranium plant named ‘Crane Dance’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 1, 2039.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP31780, the photograph of Crane Dance printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31780, 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
PP31780
Filed
February 1, 2019
Granted
May 19, 2020
Expires
February 1, 2039
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct hybrid of Hardy Geranium plant named ‘Crane Dance’ with palmately-lobed, deeply cleft foliage having deep green color with purple overlay and developing to brilliant reddish in the fall. The plant has numerous, densely-branched, stiff, erect, umbels with bluish-purple flowers displayed for two to three weeks beginning early summer. The new plant is vigorous and produces large upright mounded clumps suitable for landscape use in full-sun to medium-shaded garden.

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

It is claimed: 1. The new and distinct Hardy Geranium plant named Geranium ‘Crane Dance’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31780 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.