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US Plant Patent PP11681

Jessica

Variety of geranium named `Jessica`

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
PP11681
Filed
September 29, 1998
Granted
December 12, 2000
Expires
September 29, 2018
Assignee
OGLEVEE LTD
Inventor
LEMON DAVID G

Abstract

`Jessica` is a new variety of Pelargonium×hortorum geranium plant which brings a new violet color to the floribunda geranium series. The plant habit, zoning and flowering traits are equal to or better than those already in the series. Cutting production and rooting time are similar to the current variety `Elizabeth`. Growth habit is a neat mound which can be used well in containers, ground plantings or in hanging baskets.

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 `Jessica` as described and illustrated herein.

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