US Plant Patent PP18050

Free Orch

Pelargonium plant named ‘Free Orch’

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: PP18050
Filed: March 7, 2006
Granted: September 18, 2007
Expires: March 7, 2026
Assignee: GOLDSMITH SEEDS INC
Inventor: HANES MITCHELL E

Abstract

A new pelargonium plant particularly distinguished by deep, lavender-purple, double flowers, small to medium-sized, semi-spherically shaped inflorescences, medium-green foliage with weak zonation, a compact, round and well-branched plant habit with an early 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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