US Plant Patent PP10586
Melody Red
Variety of geranium named `Melody Red`
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
- PP10586
- Filed
- November 8, 1996
- Granted
- September 1, 1998
- Expires
- November 8, 2016
- Assignee
- ELSNER JUNGPFLANZEN
- Inventor
- HOFMANN CHRISTA
Abstract
The new cultivar exhibits all of the positive qualities of "Melody." It is quick rooting, has very good cutting production and uniform size for improved finishing time. The new cultivar has elegant red flowers with big umbrels and flowers freely, early continuously.
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 shown and described.
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