US Plant Patent PP10585
Global Bright Purple
Variety of geranium named `Global Bright Purple`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired November 8, 2016. 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
- PP10585
- Filed
- November 8, 1996
- Granted
- September 1, 1998
- Expires
- November 8, 2016
- Assignee
- ELSNER JUNGPFLANZEN
- Inventor
- HOFMANN CHRISTA
Abstract
The new cultivar is an early, rich flowering variety. It produces elegant bright purple flowers continuously and early. It also has a cascading mound growth, improving shipping ability. The new cultivar is an improvement in comparison to the old purple variety "Cornell".
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.
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