Skip to content
The Patent Garden

US Plant Patent PP21895

Pomegranate Kiss

Dianthus plant named ‘Pomegranate Kiss’

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 PP21895, the photograph of Pomegranate Kiss printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21895, 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
PP21895
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 ‘Pomegranate Kiss’ with long-blooming, fragrant, highly-double flowers, petals with a deep magenta base and irregular rose pink splashing in the center or petal margins. Dianthus ‘Pomegranate Kiss’ is tolerant of high temperatures and resists high temperatures and 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 ‘Pomegranate Kiss’ as herein described and illustrated, with long-blooming, fragrant, highly-double flowers, petals with a deep magenta base and irregular rose pink splashing in the center or petal margins, 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 PP21895 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.