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US Plant Patent PP28605

Black Cherry Frost

Dianthus plant named ‘Black Cherry Frost’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 14, 2036.

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 PP28605, the photograph of Black Cherry Frost printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28605, 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
PP28605
Filed
November 14, 2016
Granted
November 7, 2017
Expires
November 14, 2036
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and unique cultivar of perennial carnation or pinks, Dianthus plant named ‘Black Cherry Frost’ with numerous, large, semi-double, lightly-fragrant flowers, on well-branched stems having up to 4 flowers per stem. Petals have coarse serrations and are velvety red with fine speckling and margin of light pink. Dianthus ‘Cranberry Cocktail’ has vigorous compact habit with gray-green foliage and does not require vernalization for flower production.

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 Dianthus plant named ‘Black Cherry Frost’ essentially as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28605 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.