US Plant Patent PP17401

Sateene

Geranium plant named ‘Sateene’

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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17401, the photograph of Sateene printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17401, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number: PP17401
Filed: June 14, 2005
Granted: February 6, 2007
Expires: July 19, 2025
Assignee: FUTURE PLANTS LICENTIE BV
Inventor: LOWE CARL MARIUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Sateene’, characterized by its upright, broadly spreading and compact plant habit; numerous red purple-colored flowers with dark purple venation; and long flowering period.

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 ‘Sateene’, as illustrated and described.

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