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US Plant Patent PP17037

Duemellina

Geranium plant named ‘Duemellina’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 30, 2025. 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 1 of US plant patent PP17037, the photograph of Duemellina printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17037, 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
PP17037
Filed
June 30, 2005
Granted
August 22, 2006
Expires
June 30, 2025
Inventor
DUEMMEN MARGA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Duemellina’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely and early flowering habit; and light red purple-colored semi-double flowers with red purple-colored spots.

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 Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Duemellina’, as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17037 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.