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US Plant Patent PP8383

Osna

Geranium plant named Osna

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 21, 2010. 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
PP8383
Filed
February 14, 1990
Granted
September 21, 1993
Expires
September 21, 2010

Abstract

A new and distinctive geranium plant variety particularly distiguished by its tetraploid dark leaves, which provide a dramatic contrast to its bright vermilion colored flowers. The huge flower clusters are long lasting and are supported by strong upright 23-24 cm. stalks, whose foliage is bushy and botrytis-resistatnt. The florets contain five petals, which when open resemble windmills.

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

I claim: 1. The new and distinctive geranium variety and the parts thereof, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its large vermilion flower clusters, which are long lasting.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8383 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.