US Plant Patent PP17698

Penlava

Variety of geranium plant named ‘Penlava’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 27, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 8, 2020. This patent earned 1,145 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17698
Filed: December 8, 2000
Granted: May 8, 2007
Expires: January 27, 2024
Assignee: ELSNER JUNGPFLANZEN
Inventor: MICHALIK ANDREA

Abstract

A new and distinct zonal geranium plant with intense purple colored flowers above medium green foliage. The plant flower is suitable for pot planting and as a bedding plant.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct variety of geranium plant substantially as shown and described.

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