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US Plant Patent PP14202

Margaret Improved

Dahlia plant named ‘Margaret Improved’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 5, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14202, the photograph of Margaret Improved printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14202, 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
PP14202
Filed
June 5, 2002
Granted
October 7, 2003
Expires
June 5, 2022
Assignee
BALL HORTICULTURAL CO
Inventor
GITZELS JEROEN

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Margaret Improved’, characterized by its upright plant habit; freely branching habit; full and dense plants; double type inflorescences; and yellow-colored ray florets.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Margaret Improved’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14202 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.