US Plant Patent PP17656

Pink Penny

Geranium plant named ‘Pink Penny’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 1, 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP17656
Filed: December 1, 2005
Granted: April 24, 2007
Expires: December 1, 2025
Assignee: VAN NOORT MARCO
Inventor: VAN NOORT MARCO

Abstract

A new cultivar of Geranium wallichianum, ‘Pink Penny’, characterized by its abundant, large pink flowers, its long blooming season, its marbled green foliage, and its spreading growth habit with good performance as a groundcover.

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 Geranium plant named ‘Pink Penny’ as herein illustrated and described.

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