US Plant Patent PP22513
Faith
Dianthus plant named ‘Faith’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends February 17, 2031.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP22513
- Filed
- February 17, 2011
- Granted
- February 21, 2012
- Expires
- February 17, 2031
- Assignee
- CLIFFORD JOHN K, CLIFFORD KEN J
- Inventor
- CLIFFORD JOHN K; CLIFFORD KEN J
Abstract
A new cultivar of Dianthus gratianopolitanus, ‘Faith’, characterized by its variegated foliage with blue-green centers and creamy white margins with the center color becoming more blue as the season progresses, its flowers that are light pink in color with a small white eye, its compact plant habit, and blooming period in mid spring.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘Faith’ as herein illustrated and described.
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