US Plant Patent PP17399

Paclit

Geranium plant named ‘Paclit’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 1, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 14, 2025. This patent earned 17 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17399
Filed: June 14, 2005
Granted: February 6, 2007
Expires: July 1, 2025
Assignee: ELSNER JUNGPFLANZEN
Inventor: MICHALIK ANDREA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Ivy Geranium plant named ‘Paclit’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; large, double and purple-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 Ivy Geranium plant named ‘Paclit’, as herein illustrated and described.

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