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US Plant Patent PP19469

Frosted

Scented Geranium plant named ‘Frosted’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 27, 2027.

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 PP19469, the photograph of Frosted printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19469, 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
PP19469
Filed
July 27, 2007
Granted
November 18, 2008
Expires
July 27, 2027
Inventor
RINCK MICHAEL C

Abstract

A new cultivar of Scented geranium, Pelargonium citrosum ‘Frosted’, characterized by its citronella-scented dark green leaves with deeply incised lobes tips or “frosted” in white, its pink tinged newly emerging foliage, its compact plant habit with numerous basal branches and short leaf internodes, its heat tolerance, and its vigor and ease of propagation by tissue culture.

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 Scented geranium plant named ‘Frosted’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19469 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.