US Plant Patent PP5371
Polka
Geranium plant named Polka
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 2, 2003. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP5371
- Filed
- November 2, 1983
- Granted
- December 18, 1984
- Expires
- November 2, 2003
- Assignee
- PELARGONIEN FISCHER KG
- Inventor
- SCHUMANN INGEBORG
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant particularly characterized by the combined features of carmine red flower color, double flower form, large flowerhead, tolerance to low temperatures, fast rooting, good branching, and early response.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named Polka, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by the combined features of carmine red flower color, double flower form, large flowerhead, tolerance to low temperatures, fast rooting, good branching, and early response.
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