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US Plant Patent PP22461

Hope

Dianthus plant named ‘Hope’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 9, 2030.

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 PP22461, the photograph of Hope printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22461, 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
PP22461
Filed
November 9, 2010
Granted
January 17, 2012
Expires
November 9, 2030
Inventor
CLIFFORD JOHN K; CLIFFORD KEN J

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dianthus hybrida , ‘Hope’, characterized by its clean, mounded, blue foliage, and its single flowers that are bright fuchsia in color.

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 ‘Hope’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22461 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.