US Plant Patent PP17368

Global Orchid

Geranium plant named ‘Global Orchid’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 18, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 8, 2025. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17368
Filed: July 8, 2005
Granted: January 16, 2007
Expires: July 18, 2025
Assignee: OGLEVEE LTD
Inventor: LEMON DAVID G

Abstract

‘Global Orchid’ is a new variety of geranium having free flowering, good heat tolerance, and deeply colored lavender flowers.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of geranium named ‘Global Orchid’ as herein described and illustrated.

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