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US Plant Patent PP15839

Fort Red

Petunia plant named ‘Fort Red’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 23, 2024. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15839, the photograph of Fort Red printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15839, 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
PP15839
Filed
August 23, 2004
Granted
July 5, 2005
Expires
August 23, 2024
Inventor
MIEDEMA-JORNA ANITA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘Fort Red’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; large single flowers that are red in color; and good garden performance.

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 Petunia plant named ‘Fort Red’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15839 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.