US Plant Patent PP12444

Fismerk

Geranium plant named ‘Fismerk’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 31, 2021. 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: PP12444
Filed: January 31, 2001
Granted: March 12, 2002
Expires: January 31, 2021
Assignee: FLORIS AG
Inventor: UTECHT ANGELIKA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named ‘Fismerk’, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by the combined features of intense orange-red, semi-double flowers, semi-spherical inflorescence, early and rich flowering, and relatively compact growth habit in the beginning, therefore well suited for early cultivation.

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 ‘Fismerk’, as described and illustrated.

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