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US Plant Patent PP6995

Klefice

Geranium plant named Klefice

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 29, 2008. 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
PP6995
Filed
August 29, 1988
Granted
August 22, 1989
Expires
August 29, 2008

Abstract

A new geranium cultivar distinguished by the bright Tyrian purple coloration of its inflorescence, which comprises a close cluster of about sixty florets carried on a strong, upright stem of about 10 to 12 cm. in length and extending well above a compact mass of foliage, the small to medium sized leaves of which have distinctive color zonation, the foliage mass extending about 14 cm. above the soil.

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

I claim: 1. The new and distinctive cultivar of geranium, substantially as herein shown and described, particularly characterized by the Tyrian purple coloration of the flower mass of each cluster and the large size of the individual florets, each of which has a bright, shiny eye.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6995 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.