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US Plant Patent PP16751

Paclai

Geranium plant named ‘Paclai’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 26, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 5, 2025. This patent earned 52 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16751, the photograph of Paclai printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16751, 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
PP16751
Filed
March 5, 2005
Granted
July 4, 2006
Expires
April 26, 2025
Inventor
HOFMANN CHRISTA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Paclai’, characterized by its upright, rounded and compact plant habit; freely basal branching and flowering habit; salmon pink-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Paclai’, as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16751 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.