US Plant Patent PP12946

Free White

Geranium plant named ‘Free White’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 20, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 12, 2021. This patent earned 39 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12946, the photograph of Free White printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12946, 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: PP12946
Filed: March 12, 2001
Granted: September 10, 2002
Expires: April 20, 2021
Assignee: GOLDSMITH PLANTS INC
Inventor: HANES MITCHELL EUGENE

Abstract

A geranium cultivar particularly distinguished by green foliage, white flower color, and semi-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 geramium plant as shown and described herein.

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