US Plant Patent PP26726

Noortnight

Geranium plant named ‘Noortnight’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 10, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 2, 2034. This patent earned 8 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP26726
Filed: December 2, 2014
Granted: May 10, 2016
Expires: December 10, 2034
Assignee: VAN NOORT MARCO, MARCO VAN NOORT BREEDING BV
Inventor: VAN NOORT MARCO

Abstract

A new cultivar of Geranium cinereum , ‘Noortnight’, that is characterized by its flowers that are clear purple in color with conspicuous dark centers, its floriferous bloom habit with flowers that are consistent in color throughout the plant, and its greater resistance to soil fungi relative to other Geranium cinereum cultivars.

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 ‘Noortnight’ as herein illustrated and described.

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