US Plant Patent PP17253

Lavender Dot

Geranium plant named ‘Lavender Dot’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 15, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 27, 2024. This patent earned 110 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17253
Filed: September 27, 2004
Granted: December 5, 2006
Expires: January 15, 2025
Assignee: JP BARTLETT CO INC
Inventor: ABRAMS LAURA B

Abstract

This invention is a new and distinct cultivar of a zonal geranium ( Pelargonium×hortorum ) named ‘Lavender Dot’ the cultivar has a brilliant array of colors within the plant's light lavender pink blossom and dark green foliage on a stable, full, well branched plant.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of geranium plant as herein illustrated and described.

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