US Plant Patent PP5929
Mercury
Geranium plant named Mercury
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 31, 2005. 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
- PP5929
- Filed
- July 31, 1985
- Granted
- April 7, 1987
- Expires
- July 31, 2005
- Assignee
- FISCHER GERANIUMS INC
- Inventor
- SCHUMANN INGEBORG
Abstract
A geranium plant named Mercury having red flower color; semi-double flower form; fast rooting; compact growth habit with excellent branching; good chlorophyll quality for transportation; relatively small leaves, and good temperature tolerance.
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 Mercury, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its red flower color; semi-double flower form; fast rooting; compact growth habit with excellent branching; good chlorophyll quality for transportation; relatively small leaves, and good temperature tolerance.
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