US Plant Patent PP17386

Swevio

Geranium plant named ‘Swevio’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 8, 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 24 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17386
Filed: June 14, 2005
Granted: January 23, 2007
Expires: July 8, 2025
Assignee: ELSNER PAC JUNGFLANZEN
Inventor: HOFMANN CHRISTA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Pacry’, characterized by its upright, rounded and compact plant habit; freely basal branching and flowering habit; leaves without a zonation pattern; red purple-colored flowers with red-colored blotches; and good garden performance.

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Pacry’, as herein illustrated and described.

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