US Plant Patent PP10245
Meririco
Geranium plant named `Meririco`
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
- PP10245
- Filed
- December 9, 1996
- Granted
- February 17, 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 `Meririco`, characterized by its rounded, initially upright, then pendant growth habit; moderate growth rate and vigor; freely branching plant habit; fast rooting; medium green foliage color with distinct zonation pattern; numerous peduncles with seven to twelve flowers per umbel; semi-double red and dark 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 `Meririco`, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP10245 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.