US Plant Patent PP18342

Cranberry Ice

dianthus plant named ‘Cranberry Ice’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 22, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 3, 2026. This patent earned 170 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18342
Filed: January 3, 2006
Granted: December 25, 2007
Expires: June 22, 2026
Assignee: WHETMAN JOHN
Inventor: WHETMAN JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘Cranberry Ice’ that is characterized by pronounced compact habit, grey-green foliage, and vivid magenta flowers. In combination these traits set ‘Cranberry Ice’ apart from all other existing varieties of Dianthus known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘Cranberry Ice’ as described and illustrated herein.

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