US Plant Patent PP13159

Bewitched

Dianthus plant named ‘Bewitched’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 24, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 25, 2021. This patent earned 60 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13159, the photograph of Bewitched printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13159, 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: PP13159
Filed: June 25, 2001
Granted: October 29, 2002
Expires: August 24, 2021
Inventor: SAUL RICHARD GREGG

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘Bewitched’, characterized by its compact, mounded and low-growing plant habit; freely basal branching habit; light blue green-colored foliage; numerous light pink-colored flowers with central purple ring; and long flowering period.

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 Dianthus plant named ‘Bewitched’, as illustrated and described.

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