US Plant Patent PP13578

Pixie

Dianthus plant named ‘Pixie’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 7, 2021. 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP13578, the photograph of Pixie printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13578, 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: PP13578
Filed: December 7, 2001
Granted: February 18, 2003
Expires: December 7, 2021
Assignee: UNIV NEBRASKA
Inventor: FLEMING DAVID W; ZWETZIG GRETCHEN A

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘Pixie’, characterized by its compact, mounded and low-growing plant habit; freely basal branching habit; blue green-colored foliage; numerous red purple-colored flowers with lighter red purple spots and margins; and hardiness rating to USDA zone 4.

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 ‘Pixie’, as illustrated and described.

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