US Plant Patent PP17422

Wesvilsu

Geranium plant named ‘Wesvilsu’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 4, 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 20 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17422
Filed: June 14, 2005
Granted: February 20, 2007
Expires: July 4, 2025
Assignee: J & H WESTHOFF INTERPEL
Inventor: WESTHOFF HEINRICH

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Ivy Geranium plant named ‘Wesvilsu’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; large single red-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

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 Ivy Geranium plant named ‘Wesvilsu’, as herein illustrated and described.

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