US Plant Patent PP10516
Olympia
Variety of Geranium plant named `Olympia`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 1, 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
- PP10516
- Filed
- October 1, 1996
- Granted
- July 21, 1998
- Expires
- October 1, 2016
- Assignee
- BODGER JOHN & SONS COMPANY
- Inventor
- LEMON DAVID
Abstract
The cultivar is characterized by its medium green foliage and clear amethyst colored bloom. Its relatively strong growth habit, quick rooting time and continuous flowering provide for superb cuttings and also for quick recovery following wet weather conditions. The blooms exhibit good post-harvest quality.
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.
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