US Plant Patent PP17901

Luscious Linda

Geranium plant named ‘Luscious Linda’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 6, 2025. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17901, the photograph of Luscious Linda printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17901, 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: PP17901
Filed: October 6, 2005
Granted: August 7, 2007
Expires: October 6, 2025
Assignee: COMPASS PLANTS B V
Inventor: RENDALL RICHARD

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Luscious Linda’, characterized by its outwardly spreading, trailing and mounded plant habit; green-colored foliage; freely and uniformly flowering habit; long flowering period; purple violet-colored flowers; and excellent garden performance.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Luscious Linda’, as illustrated and described.

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