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US Plant Patent PP16644

Grapink

Geranium plant named ‘Grapink’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 21, 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 83 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16644, the photograph of Grapink printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16644, 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
PP16644
Filed
November 30, 2004
Granted
June 13, 2006
Expires
February 21, 2025
Assignee
FLORFIS AG
Inventor
UTECHT ANGELIKA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named ‘Grapink’ particularly characterized by the combined features of star-shaped, bluish-pink and white, single-type flowers; umbrella-shaped umbels; floriferous with medium sized inflorescence; medium green, fan-shaped leaves with very strong zonation; medium vigor, freely branched, dense plant habit; and mid season spring flowering response.

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 ‘Grapink’, as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16644 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.