US Plant Patent PP16431

Devon Starling

Dianthus plant named ‘Devon Starling’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 12, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 12, 2024. This patent earned 123 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16431
Filed: July 12, 2004
Granted: April 11, 2006
Expires: November 12, 2024
Assignee: WHETMAN JOHN
Inventor: WHETMAN JOHN

Abstract

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

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