US Plant Patent PP15248

Devon Octavia

Dianthus plant named ‘Devon Octavia’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 30, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP15248
Filed: September 30, 2003
Granted: October 19, 2004
Expires: September 30, 2023
Inventor: WHETMAN JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘Devon Octavia’ that is characterized by compact mounding habit, medium-green foliage and pink and red flowers that bloom from April to October. In combination these traits set ‘Devon Octavia’ 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.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘Devon Octavia’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15248 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.