US Plant Patent PP11733
Global Merlot
Variety of geranium plant named ‘Global Merlot’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired September 8, 2018. 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
- PP11733
- Filed
- September 8, 1998
- Granted
- January 2, 2001
- Expires
- September 8, 2018
- Assignee
- JOHN BODGER & SONS CO
- Inventor
- LEMON DAVID
Abstract
The claimed cultivar is characterized by a red purple double floret further characterized by a speckling of white on some of the florets over a medium green cascading mound. Compared to most ivy geraniums the claimed cultivar exhibits high temperature tolerance as well as quick rooting time and increased cutting production with better floret production.
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 PP11733 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.