US Plant Patent PP16029

Devon Yolande

Dianthus plant named ‘Devon Yolande’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 25, 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 248 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16029
Filed: March 22, 2004
Granted: October 11, 2005
Expires: November 25, 2024
Assignee: WHETMAN JOHN
Inventor: WHETMAN JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘Devon Yolande’ that is characterized by compact mounding habit, grayish blue-green foliage and fragrant pink flowers with red-purple markings. In combination these traits set ‘Devon Yolande’ 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 Yolande’ as described and illustrated herein.

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