US Plant Patent PP9134
Merilou
Geranium plant named Merilou
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 26, 2014. 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
- PP9134
- Filed
- February 26, 1994
- Granted
- May 9, 1995
- Expires
- February 26, 2014
- Assignee
- ENTHOVEN BREEDING B V
- Inventor
- ENTHOVEN ADRIANUS W M
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of geranium named Merilow, particularly characterized by the combined features of semi-double flowers that are pale lilac in color with a white zone at the base of the upper petals and pale lilac spot that is stronger on the lower petals; average flowering that is equal; compact growth habit with the plant growing rather wide; green foliage with a light zone on the upper side; leaf margins that are slightly incised, double crenated and wavy; short flower stalks that grow above the plant; a large inflorescence with many flowers that open at the same time; and numerous flower buds that are elliptic in shape.
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 plant named Merilou, as illustrated and described.
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