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US Plant Patent PP15651

Free Arcred

Geranium plant named ‘Free Arcred’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 14, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 14, 2023. This patent earned 122 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15651, the photograph of Free Arcred printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15651, 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
PP15651
Filed
August 14, 2003
Granted
March 15, 2005
Expires
December 14, 2023
Inventor
HANES MITCHELL EUGENE; OLBRING ANDREAS

Abstract

A Geranium cultivar particularly distinguished by medium green foliage with light zonation, semi-double, dark red flowers with a white bi-color patterning on large umbels, fast rooting and vigorous growth.

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 as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15651 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.