US Plant Patent PP16692

Shacor

Geranium plant named ‘Shacor’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 21, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 5, 2025. This patent earned 47 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16692
Filed: March 5, 2005
Granted: June 20, 2006
Expires: April 21, 2025
Assignee: ELSNER JUNGPFLANZEN
Inventor: MICHALIK ANDREA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Shacor’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and rounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching and flowering habit; orange-colored sterile flowers that are not persistent; and good garden performance and plants flower well under partial shade conditions.

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 Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Shacor’, as herein illustrated and described.

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