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US Plant Patent PP16553

Grafire

Geranium plant named ‘Grafire’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 24, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 30, 2024. This patent earned 55 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16553, the photograph of Grafire printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16553, 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
PP16553
Filed
November 30, 2004
Granted
May 16, 2006
Expires
January 24, 2025
Assignee
FLORFIS AG
Inventor
UTECHT ANGELIKA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named ‘Grafire’ particularly characterized by the combined features of brilliant red, star-shaped, single-type flowers; numerous, umbrella-shaped inflorescences, well above the foliage; medium sized, green, fan-shaped leaves with strong zonation; medium sized, rounded and well-branched plant habit; an beginning of flowering in mid season with continuous flowering.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named ‘Grafire’, as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16553 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.