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.

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