US Plant Patent PP15770

Elegance Silver

Regal pelargonium named ‘Elegance Silver’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 27, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 26, 2024. This patent earned 1 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15770
Filed: March 26, 2004
Granted: May 17, 2005
Expires: March 27, 2024
Assignee: PENN STATE RES FOUND
Inventor: CRAIG Richard

Abstract

A new and distinct regal geranium plant with white flowers having purple feathering above medium green foliage. The new cultivar exhibits extended flower longevity.

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 geranium plant substantially as shown and described.

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