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US Plant Patent PP6716

Praeludium

Geranium plant named Praeludium

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 21, 2007. 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
PP6716
Filed
October 21, 1987
Granted
April 4, 1989
Expires
October 21, 2007

Abstract

A new and distinct geranium plant known by the cultivar name Praeludium is characterized by an intensive-red colored flower, a semi-double flower form, a dark green foliage with a slight zonation, a robust foliage, a large umbel, and a good rooting pattern.

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 known as Pelagonium zonale, to be known by the cultivar name Praeludium, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by the combination of characteristics of: an intensive-red colored flower; a semi-double flower form; a dark green foliage with a slight zonation; robust foliage; a large umbel; and a good rooting pattern.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6716 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.