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US Plant Patent PP12448

Free Cherry Rose

Geranium plant named ‘Free Cherry Rose’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 24, 2020. 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 PP12448, the photograph of Free Cherry Rose printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12448, 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
PP12448
Filed
August 24, 2000
Granted
March 12, 2002
Expires
August 24, 2020
Assignee
GOLDSMITH PLANTS INC
Inventor
HANES MITCHELL EUGENE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of ivy geranium plant named ‘Free Cherry Rose’, that is characterized by: green foliage, magenta flower color, and double flowers on large umbels, fast rooting and exhibits vigorous growth.

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 ivy geranium plant as shown herein named ‘Free Cherry Rose’ that is characterized by: green foliage, magenta flower color, and double flowers on large umbels, fast rooting and exhibits vigorous growth.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12448 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.