US Plant Patent PP11600
Global Ruby Red
Variety of geranium named `Global Ruby Red`
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
- PP11600
- Filed
- September 29, 1998
- Granted
- October 24, 2000
- Expires
- September 29, 2018
- Assignee
- OGLEVEE LTD
- Inventor
- LEMON DAVID G
Abstract
The new variety of ivy geranium produces velvety flowers having a range of dark pink to bright ruby red to burgundy. The plant has high cutting yield, improved rooting time, controlled plant habit, but also has a neater floret presentation, improved heat tolerance and is less prone to oedema than other varieties in this market class.
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 named `Global Ruby Red` as described and illustrated herein.
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