US Plant Patent PP17731

Devon Flores

Dianthus plant named ‘Devon Flores’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 11, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 14, 2025. This patent earned 27 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17731
Filed: November 14, 2005
Granted: May 15, 2007
Expires: December 11, 2025
Assignee: WHETMAN JOHN
Inventor: WHETMAN JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘DEVON FLORES’ that is characterized by pronounced compact habit, grey-green foliage, and bright magenta flowers. In combination these traits set ‘DEVON FLORES’ 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 FLORES’ as described and illustrated herein.

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