US Plant Patent PP16196

Surfing Lilac

Pelargonium plant named ‘Surfing Lilac’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 26, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 12, 2024. This patent earned 106 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16196
Filed: October 12, 2004
Granted: January 10, 2006
Expires: January 26, 2025
Assignee: SAKATA SEED CORP
Inventor: SUZUKI SEIJI

Abstract

A Pelargonium cultivar particularly distinguished by light purple flower color, upright growth habit and early maturation.

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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