US Plant Patent PP17079

Patriot Bright Violet

Geranium plant named ‘Patriot Bright Violet’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 8, 2025. 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 PP17079, the photograph of Patriot Bright Violet printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17079, 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: PP17079
Filed: July 8, 2005
Granted: September 5, 2006
Expires: July 8, 2025
Assignee: OGLEVEE LTD
Inventor: LEMON DAVID G

Abstract

‘Patriot Bright Violet’ is a new variety of geranium that exhibits free flowering, good outdoor performance, and deep violet-red flowers with fluorescent orange eyes atop of mounding medium-dark green foliage.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of geranium plant named ‘Patriot Bright Violet’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17079 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.