US Plant Patent PP16234

Maestro Rich Red

Geranium plant named ‘Maestro Rich Red’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 19, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 21, 2024. This patent earned 89 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16234
Filed: September 21, 2004
Granted: February 7, 2006
Expires: December 19, 2024
Assignee: OGLEVEE LTD
Inventor: LEMON DAVID G

Abstract

‘Maestro Rich Red’ is a new variety of Geranium having early flowering, good leaf zoning, excellent outdoor performance, and distinct cranberry red flowers.

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 named ‘Maestro Rich Red’ as described and illustrated.

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