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US Plant Patent PP15601

Solstice Purple

Geranium plant named ‘Solstice Purple’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 13, 2024. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15601, the photograph of Solstice Purple printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15601, 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
PP15601
Filed
April 13, 2004
Granted
March 1, 2005
Expires
April 13, 2024
Assignee
FLORANOVA LTD
Inventor
GARLAND LIN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Geranium plant named ‘Solstice Purple’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and full plant habit; freely flowering habit; red purple and dark purple-colored flowers; and no requirement for vernalization.

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 ‘Solstice Purple’, as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15601 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.