US Plant Patent PP5372
Mars
Geranium plant named Mars
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 2, 2003. 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
- PP5372
- Filed
- November 2, 1983
- Granted
- December 18, 1984
- Expires
- November 2, 2003
- Assignee
- PELARGONIEN FISCHER KG
- Inventor
- SCHUMANN INGEBORG
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of geranium named Mars characterized by the combined features of semi-double flower form and vermilion red flower color, fast rooting, excellent branching, good durability under outdoor summer conditions and good weather resistance, a lack of zonation in the leaves, and by its ability to be cultivated at temperatures below 12 DEG C.
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 cultivar of geranium named Mars, as described and illustrated, and principally characterized by the combined features of semi-double flower form and vermilion red flower color, fast rooting, excellent branching, good durability under outdoor summer conditions and good weather resistance, a lack of zonation in the leaves, and by its ability to be cultivated at temperatures below 12° C.
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