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US Plant Patent PP13025

Brilliant Star

Dianthus plant named ‘Brilliant Star’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 8, 2020. 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 PP13025, the photograph of Brilliant Star printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13025, 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
PP13025
Filed
August 8, 2000
Granted
October 1, 2002
Expires
August 8, 2020
Inventor
WHETMAN JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dianthus named ‘Brilliant Star’ that is characterized by it's double white, fragrant flowers with a distinct dark magenta eye zone combined with a compact plant habit, dark green, glaucous foliage, a perpetual flowering habit and a day neutral flowering response.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘Brilliant Star’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13025 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.