US Plant Patent PP18263

ORKNEY CHERRY

Geranium plant named ‘ORKNEY CHERRY’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 29, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 25, 2026. This patent earned 65 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18263, the photograph of ORKNEY CHERRY printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18263, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number: PP18263
Filed: May 25, 2006
Granted: December 4, 2007
Expires: July 29, 2026
Assignee: BREMNER ALAN
Inventor: BREMNER ALAN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘ORKNEY CHERRY’ that is characterized by low compact spreading habit, dark purple-green foliage, and bright fushsia-red flowers. In combination these traits set ‘ORKNEY CHERRY’ apart from all other varieties of Geranium known to the inventor.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of Geranium plant named ‘ORKNEY CHERRY’ as described and illustrated herein.

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