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US Plant Patent PP13010

Dolce Vita

Delphinium plant named ‘Dolce Vita’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 25, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 23, 2021. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13010, the photograph of Dolce Vita printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13010, 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
PP13010
Filed
April 23, 2001
Granted
September 24, 2002
Expires
April 25, 2021
Inventor
VAN TOL BENJAMIN ROELOF

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Delphinium plant named ‘Dolce Vita’, characterized by its upright plant habit; freely flowering habit; and double violet and blue bi-color flowers.

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 Delphinium plant named ‘Dolce Vita’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13010 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.