US Plant Patent PP16799

Melody Allegro

Dahlia plant named ‘Melody Allegro’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 16, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 30, 2025. This patent earned 16 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16799
Filed: April 30, 2005
Granted: July 11, 2006
Expires: May 16, 2025
Assignee: VERWER DAHLIAS B V
Inventor: VERWER AAD W M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Melody Allegro’, characterized by its upright and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; decorative inflorescence form; large inflorescences with salmon pink-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 ‘Melody Allegro’, as illustrated and described.

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