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US Plant Patent PP17142

Elegance Burgundy

Geranium plant named ‘Elegance Burgundy’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 8, 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 PP17142, the photograph of Elegance Burgundy printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17142, 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
PP17142
Filed
July 8, 2005
Granted
October 10, 2006
Expires
July 8, 2025
Assignee
OGLEVEE LTD
Inventor
LEMON DAVID G

Abstract

‘Elegance Burgundy’ is a new variety of geranium that exhibits free flowering and satiny, deep burgundy flowers.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of geranium plant named ‘Elegance Burgundy’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17142 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.