US Plant Patent PP5980
Gemini
Geranium plant named Gemini
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 31, 2005. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP5980
- Filed
- July 31, 1985
- Granted
- May 12, 1987
- Expires
- July 31, 2005
- Assignee
- FISCHER GERANIUMS INC
- Inventor
- SCHUMANN INGEBORG
Abstract
A geranium plant named Gemini having white to red flower color, startel flower type with strong divided petals; novel; decorative zonal foliage; compact growth habit with good branching; very early response; and heavy flower yield.
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 geranium named Gemini, as described and illustrated, and particularly charcterized by its white to red flower color, star shaped and strong divided petals; novel, decorative zonal foliage; compact growth habit with good branching; very early response; and its heavy flower yield.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5980 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.