US Plant Patent PP11115
Meritropical
Geranium plant named `Meritropical`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 20, 2018. 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
- PP11115
- Filed
- March 20, 1998
- Granted
- November 2, 1999
- Expires
- March 20, 2018
- Assignee
- ENTHOVEN BREEDING B V
- Inventor
- ENTHOVEN ADRIANUS W M
Abstract
A new and distinct variety of Ivy Geranium plant named `Meritropical`, characterized by its rounded, initially upright, then pendant growth habit; moderate growth rate and vigor; fast rooting; medium green foliage color; numerous peduncles with 12 to 15 flowers per umbel; semi-double faint pink flowers; and good weather 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 variety of Ivy Geranium plant named `Meritropical`, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11115 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.