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US Plant Patent PP16643

Filun

Geranium plant named ‘Filun’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 21, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 30, 2024. This patent earned 83 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16643, the photograph of Filun printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16643, 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
PP16643
Filed
November 30, 2004
Granted
June 13, 2006
Expires
February 21, 2025
Assignee
FLORFIS AG
Inventor
UTECHT ANGELIKA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named ‘Filun’, particularly characterized by the combined features of white to pale pink, double-type flowers; large inflorescences; green foliage with slight zonation; well branching and good rooting habits; moderately vigorous growth habit; initially round and bushy, and later, long, trailing plant habit; and mid to late spring flowering response.

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 geranium plant named ‘Filun’, as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16643 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.