US Plant Patent PP12131
Monarch
Regal pelargonium plant named ‘Monarch’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired July 21, 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
- PP12131
- Filed
- July 21, 1998
- Granted
- October 9, 2001
- Expires
- July 21, 2018
- Assignee
- JOHN BODGER & SONS CO
- Inventor
- LEMON DAVID
Abstract
The claimed cultivar is characterized by the clear pale purple flower which exhibits a dark maroon blotch presented over a medium green foliage. The overall effect of the flower is a bi-color presentation. Its superior performance is typified by its exceptionally fast rooting and finishing time, as well as its resistance to shattering.
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, substantially as shown and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12131 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.