US Plant Patent PP10266
Meriblue
Geranium plant named `Meriblue`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 9, 2016. 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
- PP10266
- Filed
- December 9, 1996
- Granted
- March 3, 1998
- Expires
- December 9, 2016
- Assignee
- ENTHOVEN BREEDING B V
- Inventor
- ENTHOVEN ADRIANUS W M
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named `Meriblue`, characterized by its compact plant habit; initially upright, then pendant growth habit; moderate growth rate and vigor; fast rooting; medium green foliage color; numerous peduncles with six to eight flowers per umbel; large, semi-double dark hot pink flowers; and good weather and stress tolerance.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named `Meriblue`, as illustrated and described.
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