US Plant Patent PP12799

Pecos

Dahlia plant named ‘Pecos’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 23, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12799, the photograph of Pecos printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12799, 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: PP12799
Filed: April 23, 2001
Granted: July 23, 2002
Expires: April 23, 2021
Inventor: RUIGROK-VAN HAASTER ANS

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Pecos’, characterized by its upright, uniformly mounded and compact plant habit; freely branching habit; short response time; continuously and freely flowering during the spring until fall; full inflorescences with multiple rows of ray florets; and white-colored ray florets with bright yellow-colored disc florets.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Pecos’, as illustrated and described.

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