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US Plant Patent PP7897

Ritz

Variety of geranium named Ritz

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 9, 2011. 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
PP7897
Filed
January 9, 1991
Granted
June 30, 1992
Expires
January 9, 2011

Abstract

The new cultivar is characterized by the compactness and height of its velvet appearing, deep orange-red flowers 5.0 to 7.5 cm. above the leaves. The variety has been trialed outdoors and shows good heat tolerance, resistance to wind and rain, and continual flowering.

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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP7897 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.