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
- Assignee
- FISCHER GERANIUMS INC
- 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.
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