US Plant Patent PP15776

Melody Lizza

Dahlia plant named ‘Melody Lizza’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 30, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 12, 2023. This patent earned 18 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15776, the photograph of Melody Lizza printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15776, 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: PP15776
Filed: December 12, 2003
Granted: May 24, 2005
Expires: December 30, 2023
Assignee: VERWER DAHLIAS B V
Inventor: VERWER AAD W M

Abstract

A new and distinct Dahlia plant named ‘Melody Lizza’, characterized by its pink-bicolor ray florets, yellow-colored disc florets and vigorous, upright and mounded 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 ‘Melody Lizza’ substantially, as herein shown and described, which: 1. Forms double, pink bi-colored ray florets and yellow-colored disc florets. 2. Exhibits a vigorous, upright, and mounded growth habit.

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