US Plant Patent PP15903

Devon Flavia

Dianthus plant named ‘Devon Flavia’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 21, 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 91 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15903
Filed: March 22, 2004
Granted: August 2, 2005
Expires: June 21, 2024
Inventor: WHETMAN JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘Devon Flavia’ that is characterized by compact habit, medium-green foliage and fragrant flowers that are pink and reddish purple in color. In combination these traits set ‘Devon Flavia’ 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 Flavia’ as described and illustrated herein.

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