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US Plant Patent PP18480

Duevineon

Geranium plant named ‘Duevineon’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 8, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 7, 2026. This patent earned 90 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18480, the photograph of Duevineon printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18480, 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
PP18480
Filed
February 7, 2006
Granted
February 12, 2008
Expires
May 8, 2026
Inventor
DUEMMEN MARGA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Duevineon’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely and early flowering habit; and red purple-colored 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 Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Duevineon’, as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18480 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.