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US Plant Patent PP16798

Gallery Matisse

Dahlia plant named ‘Gallery Matisse’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 15, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 30, 2025. This patent earned 15 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16798, the photograph of Gallery Matisse printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16798, 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
PP16798
Filed
April 30, 2005
Granted
July 11, 2006
Expires
May 15, 2025
Assignee
VERWER DAHLIA S B V
Inventor
VERWER AAD W M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Gallery Matisse’, characterized by its compact and rounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; early and freely flowering habit; decorative inflorescence form; large inflorescences with orange-colored ray florets; and good postproduction longevity and garden performance.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Gallery Matisse’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16798 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.