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US Plant Patent PP29455

Hexham Velvet

Geranium plant named ‘Hexham Velvet’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 8, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 5, 2036. This patent earned 3 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29455, the photograph of Hexham Velvet printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29455, 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
PP29455
Filed
November 5, 2016
Granted
July 3, 2018
Expires
November 8, 2036
Assignee
FOSTER CYRIL, MOSS ROBIN
Inventor
MOSS ROBIN; FOSTER CYRIL

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Hexham Velvet’, characterized by its low-growing and outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; sterile upward-facing purple violet-colored flowers with almost black-colored venation and small white-colored centers; long and continuous flowering period; and good garden performance.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Geranium plant named ‘Hexham Velvet’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29455 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.