US Plant Patent PP15186

Montana

Dahlia plant named ‘Montana’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 17, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 31, 2023. This patent earned 47 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15186, the photograph of Montana printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15186, 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: PP15186
Filed: October 31, 2003
Granted: September 28, 2004
Expires: December 17, 2023
Inventor: VAN HAASTER JOHANNA G H

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Montana’ that is characterized by a short crop time of 6 to 7 weeks, a compact, upright and uniform growth habit, good branching and yellow inflorescences with ray florets only. In combination, these traits set ‘Montana’ apart from all other existing varieties of Dahlia known to the inventor.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Dahlia plant named ‘Montana’ as described and illustrated.

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