US Plant Patent PP10587
Valentine
Variety of geranium named `Valentine`
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
- PP10587
- Filed
- November 8, 1996
- Granted
- September 1, 1998
- Expires
- November 8, 2016
- Assignee
- ELSNER JUNGPFLANZEN
- Inventor
- ELSNER WILHELM
Abstract
The new cultivar is an early, rich flowering variety. Its elegant deep pink flowers with a very distinct magenta eye is very attractive over the medium green foliage. The cultivar produces big umbels and continuously flower. It demonstrates good garden and greenhouse performance. The new cultivar is an improvement in comparison to the current varieties "First Kiss" and "L'amour."
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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