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US Plant Patent PP13936

Pacsam

Variety of geranium plant named ‘Pacsam’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 20, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 8, 2022. This patent earned 12 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13936, the photograph of Pacsam printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13936, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP13936
Filed
April 8, 2002
Granted
July 8, 2003
Expires
April 20, 2022
Inventor
HOFMANN CHRISTA

Abstract

A new and distinct zonal geranium plant characterized by dark foliage and bright red flowers with oval petals.

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 PP13936 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.