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US Plant Patent PP16984

HS First love

Dahlia plant named ‘HS First love’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 2, 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 26 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16984, the photograph of HS First love printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16984, 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
PP16984
Filed
June 6, 2005
Granted
August 15, 2006
Expires
July 2, 2025
Assignee
VERWER DAHLIA S B V
Inventor
VERWER AAD W M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘HS First Love’, 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 salmon pink 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 First Love’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16984 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.