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US Plant Patent PP7247

Marilyn

Variety of Geranium named Marilyn

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 28, 2009. 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
PP7247
Filed
April 28, 1989
Granted
June 12, 1990
Expires
April 28, 2009

Abstract

A new Geranium cultivar is distinguished by its free basal branching, compactness, lateral and cascading growth habit, small flower clusters which are floriferous and of a clear pink color, heat tolerance, and a superior cutting quality.

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 herein shown and described and characterized by free basal branching, compactness, lateral and cascading growth habit, small flower clusters which are floriferous and of a clear pink color, heat tolerance, and a superior cutting quality when compared with available Ivy Geranium varieties.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7247 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.