US Plant Patent PP18081

Cante Laver

Pelargonium plant named ‘Cante Laver’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 7, 2026. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP18081
Filed: March 7, 2006
Granted: September 25, 2007
Expires: March 7, 2026
Assignee: GOLDSMITH SEEDS INC
Inventor: HANES MITCHELL E

Abstract

A pelargonium cultivar particularly distinguished by single-type lavender flowers with white eyes, medium to large umbrella-shaped inflorescences, medium-green to grass-green foliage with very weak zonation, a compact to medium-sized with a spreading, prostrate to semi-trailing plant habit, a very well-branched and dense plant habit, and an early to mid-season flowering response, is disclosed.

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 as shown and described herein.

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