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US Plant Patent PP16171

Pacwu

Geranium plant named ‘Pacwu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 30, 2024. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16171, the photograph of Pacwu printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16171, 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
PP16171
Filed
November 30, 2004
Granted
December 20, 2005
Expires
November 30, 2024
Inventor
HOFMANN CHRISTA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Pacwu’, characterized by its upright and rounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching and flowering habit; light purple-colored flowers with whitish centers arranged in rounded umbels held above and beyond the foliage on strong peduncles; 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 ‘Pacwu’, as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16171 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.