US Plant Patent PP16540

Pacdo

Variety of Pelargonium plant named ‘Pacdo’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 21, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 26, 2025. This patent earned 85 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16540
Filed: January 26, 2005
Granted: May 16, 2006
Expires: April 21, 2025
Assignee: ELSNER JUNGPFLANZEN
Inventor: MICHALIK ANDREA

Abstract

A new and distinct flowering Pelargonium plant with dark leaves and striking pink flowers.

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 Pelargonium plant substantially as shown and described.

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