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US Plant Patent PP17719

DR5000

Dianella revoluta plant named ‘DR5000’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 26, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 2, 2024. This patent earned 239 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17719, the photograph of DR5000 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17719, 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
PP17719
Filed
July 2, 2004
Granted
May 15, 2007
Expires
February 26, 2025
Inventor
LAYT TODD ANTHONY

Abstract

‘DR5000’ is a distinctive variety of Dianella revoluta, which is characterized by its combination of bluish leaf color, short height, upright growth habit, very dense shoots, and narrow-to-medium leaf blade.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Dianella revoluta plant named ‘DR5000’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17719 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.