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US Plant Patent PP9732

HWD Opal

Geranium plant named `HWD Opal`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 31, 2015. 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
PP9732
Filed
August 31, 1995
Granted
December 3, 1996
Expires
August 31, 2015
Inventor
DUEMMEN GUENTER

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named HWD Opal, characterized by its semi-double red purple flowers; large umbels; numerous flowers per umbel; large flowers; short peduncles; zonation pattern on medium green foliage; and compact plant habit.

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 cultivar of Geranium plant named HWD Opal, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP9732 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.