US Plant Patent PP8787
Solo
Geranium, Solo
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 14, 2013. 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
- PP8787
- Filed
- September 14, 1993
- Granted
- June 14, 1994
- Expires
- September 14, 2013
- Assignee
- HEIDGEN CHARLES F
- Inventor
- HEIDGEN CHARLES F
Abstract
An F3 hybrid geranium plant named `Solo`, from an initial cross of `Nicor Star`×`Tang`, characterized particularly by its compact but freely branching habit; dark brown zoned, deep green, attractive and unusually dense foliage; and, prolific presentation of attractive umbels. Individual flowers are single, having five petals, and are uniquely large and individually discernable due to the predominant pale pink petal color which contrasts with the deep pink coloration of petal bases and basal margin portions which give each flower a conspicuous eye.
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 variety of Geranium plant, substantially as shown and described, characterized by its upright, bushy growth habit; its medium-sized dark green foliage with zonation; its pale pink flowers with darker, rose pink center and edges; its abundant blooming habit and its heat tolerance.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8787 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.