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US Plant Patent PP16683

Fismaxi

Geranium plant named ‘Fismaxi’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 28, 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 90 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16683, the photograph of Fismaxi printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16683, 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
PP16683
Filed
November 30, 2004
Granted
June 20, 2006
Expires
February 28, 2025
Assignee
FLORFIS AG
Inventor
UTECHT ANGELIKA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named ‘Fismaxi’, particularly characterized by the combined features of large, brilliant red, double-type flowers; numerous medium-sized, semi-spherically shaped inflorescences; deep green foliage with weak zonation, initially round and bushy, and later, somewhat trailing plant habit; and early 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 ‘Fismaxi’, as described and illustrated herein.

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