US Plant Patent PP14895

Devon Xera

Dianthus plant named ‘Devon Xera’

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: PP14895
Filed: September 30, 2003
Granted: June 8, 2004
Expires: September 30, 2023
Inventor: WHETMAN JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘Devon Xera’ that is characterized by compound mounding habit, strong vigor, yellow-green foliage and crimson flowers that bloom from May to September. In combination these traits set ‘Devon Xera’ 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 Xera’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14895 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.