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US Plant Patent PP8053

Sassy Dark Red

Variety of Geranium named Sassy Dark Red

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 23, 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
PP8053
Filed
April 23, 1991
Granted
December 1, 1992
Expires
April 23, 2011

Abstract

This new cultivar has a very compact and uniform plant habit in which the deep red flowers are positioned appropriately above the foliage. Further, the variety does exceptionally well when grown indoors and response time can be shortened by up to two weeks in blooming time. Cutting production and ease of rooting have also been improved.

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 PP8053 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.