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US Plant Patent PP16352

Mauritius

Dahlia plant named ‘Mauritius’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 4, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 25, 2024. This patent earned 101 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16352, the photograph of Mauritius printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16352, 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
PP16352
Filed
March 25, 2004
Granted
March 21, 2006
Expires
July 4, 2024
Assignee
DALINA APS
Inventor
KNUDSEN JAN SKJOLD

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Mauritius’ characterized by its red-purple ray floret color, RHS 65A, yellow base 5C; leaf length up to 16 cm; leaf width 14 cm compact plant habit; and vigorous growth habit.

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 ‘Mauritius’, as described and illustrated herein.

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