US Plant Patent PP17395

Regvel

Geranium plant named ‘Regvel’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 19, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 14, 2025. This patent earned 35 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17395
Filed: June 14, 2005
Granted: January 30, 2007
Expires: July 19, 2025
Assignee: ELSNER JUNGPFLANZEN
Inventor: OLBRICHT KLAUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Regal Geranium plant named ‘Regvel’, characterized by its upright plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; and large red purple-colored flowers.

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 Regal Geranium plant named ‘Regvel’, as herein illustrated and described.

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