US Plant Patent PP17517

Tikvio

Geranium plant named ‘Tikvio’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 31, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 4, 2021. This patent earned 1,912 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17517, the photograph of Tikvio printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17517, 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: PP17517
Filed: January 4, 2001
Granted: March 20, 2007
Expires: March 31, 2026
Assignee: ELSNER JUNGPFLANZEN
Inventor: ELSNER WILHELM

Abstract

A new and distinct zonal geranium plant with bright violet colored flowers above medium green foliage with distinct zonation. The plant may be grown in a pillar form when supported.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of geranium plant substantially as shown and described.

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