US Plant Patent PP5758
Troubadour
Geranium plant named Troubadour
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 19, 2004. 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
- PP5758
- Filed
- November 19, 1984
- Granted
- July 1, 1986
- Expires
- November 19, 2004
- Assignee
- UNIV IOWA STATE RES FOUND INC
- Inventor
- BUCK GRIFFITH J
Abstract
A new variety of geranium plant distinguished by the bright scarlet color of its flowers, its ability to grow vigorously and flower profusely under high day/night temperatures and humidity, and its tolerance under field conditions to foliar diseases common to geraniums.
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 geranium variety substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its abundant production of umbel-formed clusters of very large florets, the strong red coloring of its flowers, and its resistance to foliar diseases, particularly Botrytis cinerea.
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