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US Plant Patent PP14408

FN Chocolate

Geranium plant named ‘FN Chocolate’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 21, 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.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP14408, the photograph of FN Chocolate printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP14408, 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
PP14408
Filed
June 21, 2002
Granted
December 23, 2003
Expires
June 21, 2022
Assignee
FLORANOVA LTD
Inventor
CHISHOLM DAVID IAN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘FN Chocolate’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; freely flowering habit; dark purple-colored flowers; and no requirement for vernalization.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘FN Chocolate’, as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14408 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.