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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
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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5371 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.