US Plant Patent PP17813

Fisruby

Geranium plant named ‘Fisruby’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 3, 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 338 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17813
Filed: November 30, 2004
Granted: June 19, 2007
Expires: November 3, 2025
Assignee: FLORFIS AG
Inventor: UTECHT ANGELIKA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named ‘Fisruby’, particularly characterized by the combined features of dark red, double flowers; large, semi-spherically shaped inflorescences; deep green foliage with distinct zonation; initially round and bushy, and later medium to long, trailing plant habit; and relatively 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 ‘Fisruby’, as described and illustrated herein.

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