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US Plant Patent PP5941

Satellite

Geranium plant named Satellite

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 31, 2005. 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
PP5941
Filed
July 31, 1985
Granted
April 14, 1987
Expires
July 31, 2005
Inventor
SCHUMANN INGEBORG

Abstract

A geranium plant named Satellite having salmon flowering startel flower type with strong divided petals; novel, decorative zonal foliage; compact growth habit with good branching; early flowering response, and heavy flower yield.

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 named Satellite, as described and illustrated, and particularly characterized by its salmon flowering startel flower type, with strong divided petals; novel, decorative zonal foliage; compact growth habit with good branching; early flowering response, and its heavy flower yield.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP5941 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.