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US Plant Patent PP12485

Fisorange

Geranium plant named ‘Fisorange’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 23, 2020. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 3, 2020. This patent earned 20 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12485, the photograph of Fisorange printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12485, 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
PP12485
Filed
August 3, 2000
Granted
March 26, 2002
Expires
August 23, 2020
Assignee
FLORFIS AG
Inventor
UTECHT ANGELIKA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named ‘Fisorange’, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by the combined features of deep salmon-orange flower color, round, cup-like flower shape, fresh-green foliage with strong zonation, medium-tall, well-branched, round plant habit, moderately early spring flowering response and rich flowering throughout the summer.

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 ‘Fisorange’, as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12485 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.