US Plant Patent PP16987

HS Date

Dahlia plant named ‘HS Date’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 4, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 6, 2025. This patent earned 28 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16987
Filed: June 6, 2005
Granted: August 15, 2006
Expires: July 4, 2025
Assignee: VERWER DAHLIA S B V
Inventor: VERWER AAD W M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘HS Date’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark-colored foliage; early and freely flowering habit; daisy inflorescence form; large inflorescences with orange and red bi-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 ‘HS Date’, as illustrated and described.

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