US Plant Patent PP5759
La Sevillana
Geranium plant named La Sevillana
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 19, 2004. 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
- PP5759
- Filed
- November 19, 1984
- Granted
- July 1, 1986
- Expires
- November 19, 2004
- Assignee
- UNIV IOWA STATE RES FOUND INC
- Inventor
- BUCK GRIFFITH J
Abstract
A new variety of geranium plant distinguished by its profuse and vigorous flowering habit, its tolerance to foliar diseases in climates with high summer day and/or night temperatures and humidities, and the strong red color of its abundant flowers.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct geranium variety substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its abundant production of umbel-formed clusters of large florets, the uniform red coloring of its flowers, its tolerance of high day and night temperatures and humidity, and its ability to grow vigorously and flower profusely under those climatic conditions.
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