US Plant Patent PP15909

Devon Elise

Dianthus plant named ‘Devon Elise’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 14, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 22, 2024. This patent earned 84 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15909
Filed: March 22, 2004
Granted: August 2, 2005
Expires: June 14, 2024
Inventor: WHETMAN JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘Devon Elise’ that is characterized by compact mounding habit, blue-green foliage and prominently fragrant pink flowers with pronounced dentation of the petals. In combination these traits set ‘Devon Elise’ 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 ‘Devon Elise’ as described and illustrated herein.

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