US Plant Patent PP16778

Pactina

Geranium plant named ‘Pactina’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 3, 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 59 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16778
Filed: March 5, 2005
Granted: July 11, 2006
Expires: May 3, 2025
Assignee: ELSNER PAC JUNGPFLAZEN
Inventor: HOFMANN CHRISTA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Pactina’, characterized by its upright, rounded and compact plant habit; freely basal branching and flowering habit; light 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 ‘Pactina’, as herein illustrated and described.

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