US Plant Patent PP11578
Excalibur
Regal pelargonium plant named `Excalibur`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 29, 2018. 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.
The record
- Patent number
- PP11578
- Filed
- September 29, 1998
- Granted
- October 17, 2000
- Expires
- September 29, 2018
- Assignee
- OGLEVEE LTD
- Inventor
- LEMON DAVID G
Abstract
`Excalibur` is a new regal geranium variety which is added to the "Royalty" regal geranium series to replace `Duchess`. Flower color is slightly different than `Duchess` and the floret size is larger. Cutting production and rooting speed are equal to or better than `Duchess`. Plant habit is slightly shorter and well branched. The finished plant habit is slower to shatter than most plants of the species, lasting up to three weeks or more in the home.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of geranium plant
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