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US Plant Patent PP8088

Midnight Rose

Geranium plant named `Midnight Rose`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 13, 2011. 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
PP8088
Filed
February 13, 1991
Granted
January 5, 1993
Expires
February 13, 2011

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Geranium plant, "Midnight Coral" characterized by its cascading growth habit; its medium-sized, dark green foliage with zoning, its abundant flowers and, its unique, double, bright coral colored flowers and its heat tolerance.

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 variety of Geranium plant, substantially as shown and described, characterized by its cascading growth habit; its unique, double, bright coral colored flowers and its heat tolerance.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8088 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.