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US Plant Patent PP15918

Bontrosai

Pelargonium plant named ‘Bontrosai’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 8, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 1, 2024. This patent earned 7 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15918, the photograph of Bontrosai printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15918, 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
PP15918
Filed
September 1, 2004
Granted
August 9, 2005
Expires
September 8, 2024
Assignee
PEDRO PLANT
Inventor
BOEKESTIJN-VERMEER KLAZINA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Pelargonium plant named ‘Bontrosai’, characterized by its upright, columnar and compact growth habit; leaves arranged spirally and positioned perpendicular to the stem; leaves roughly palmate, deeply lobed, reflexed, globular in shape and citron-scented.

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 Pelargonium plant named ‘Bontrosai’, as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15918 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.