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US Plant Patent PP31453

Cute as a Button

Dianthus plant named ‘Cute as a Button’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 1, 2039.

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 PP31453, the photograph of Cute as a Button printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31453, 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
PP31453
Filed
February 1, 2019
Granted
February 18, 2020
Expires
February 1, 2039
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and unique plant cultivar of perennial carnation or pinks, Dianthus plant named ‘Cute as a Button’ with numerous, medium-sized, semi-double, lightly-fragrant flowers producing a rounded flat face. The numerous stems cover top to bottom of clump on well-branched stems having up to 3 flowers per stem. Petals are bright pink maturing medium pink and have fine serrations. The habit is compact with long, thin, blue-green foliage.

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 ‘Cute as a Button’ essentially as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31453 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.