US Plant Patent PP7014
Mapursit
Geranium plant named Mapursit
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 6, 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
- PP7014
- Filed
- September 6, 1988
- Granted
- September 5, 1989
- Expires
- September 6, 2008
Abstract
A new geranium cultivar distinguished by its sturdy, round and long lasting flower clusters standing on 14 cm. long, light brown stalks, each containing about sixty-five florets of medium size and salmon coloration, each floret having seven or eight, wide, regularly imbricated petals forming a closed cap and having an overall salmon coloration whereby the flower cluster provides a solid bright pink presentation; by its bushy, compact growth habit with good strength and a medium growth rate; and by its abundant, profusely produced foliage, of relatively small leaves, which stands about 20 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 distinct geranium cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized in particular by the overall salmon coloration of the blooms, the bushy, compact form of the plant, and the abundance of relatively small, darkly zonated leaves having a light green central portion.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7014 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.