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US Plant Patent PP21894

Dragon Fruit

Dianthus plant named ‘Dragon Fruit’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 7, 2029.

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

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP21894, the photograph of Dragon Fruit printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21894, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP21894
Filed
August 7, 2009
Granted
May 3, 2011
Expires
August 7, 2029
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC
Inventor
HURD KEVIN

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Carnation or Pinks, Dianthus plant named “Dragon Fruit’ with fragrant highly double flowers, petals with a central fuchsia pink zone and reddish purple bar. Dianthus “Dragon Fruit’ is tolerant of high temperatures and resists center die out.

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 perennial Carnation or Pinks, Dianthus plant named ‘Dragon Fruit’ as herein described and illustrated, with fragrant highly double flowers, petals with a central fuchsia pink zone and reddish purple bar, tolerant of high temperatures, resistant to center die out and suitable as a garden ornamental, potted plant and for cut flower arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21894 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.