US Plant Patent PP13964

Fip 440

Geranium plant named ‘Fip 440’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 30, 2022. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP13964
Filed: September 30, 2002
Granted: July 8, 2003
Expires: September 30, 2022
Assignee: FLORFIS AG
Inventor: UTECHT ANGELIKA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named ‘Fip 440’ characterized by the combined features of brilliant orange, semi-double flowers, large inflorescences, long, strong peduncles, medium green, distinctly zoned foliage, moderately vigorous growth, round and bushy plant habit, and medium to somewhat late flowering response.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named ‘Fip 440’, as described and illustrated herein.

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