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US Plant Patent PP12446

Free Dark Red

Geranium plant named ‘Free Dark Red’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 17, 2019. 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 PP12446, the photograph of Free Dark Red printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12446, 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
PP12446
Filed
June 17, 1999
Granted
March 12, 2002
Expires
June 17, 2019
Assignee
GOLDSMITH PLANTS INC
Inventor
HANES MITCHELL EUGENE

Abstract

A new and distinct ivy geranium plant named ‘Free Dark Red’ is provided. ‘Free Dark Red’ is characterized by its green foliage with dark red colored double flowers on large umbels, its fast rooting and 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 ivy geranium plant substantially as herein shown and described, named ‘Free Dark Red’, that is characterized by its green foliage with dark red colored double flowers on large umbels, its fast rooting and vigorous growth.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12446 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.