US Plant Patent PP9141
Merineon
Geranium plant named Merineon
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired February 16, 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
- PP9141
- Filed
- February 16, 1994
- Granted
- May 16, 1995
- Expires
- February 16, 2014
- Assignee
- ENTHOVEN BREEDING B V
- Inventor
- ENTHOVEN ADRIANUS W M
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of geranium named Merineon, particularly characterized by the combined features of a compact growth habit staying rather narrow; dark green foliage (upper face 137C) with a light and very weak (RHS 137A) zone in the center of the leaves; leaf margins that are double crenated and wavy; flower stalks that are short, sturdy and grow above the plant, inflorescences that are average in size but with many open flowers; flower buds are elliptic in shape; flowers are carmine red, semi-double and have many petals; and flowering time is early to average.
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 Merineon, as illustrated and described.
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