US Plant Patent PP18338

Strawberry Sorbet

Dianthus plant named ‘Strawberry Sorbet’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 17, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 3, 2026. This patent earned 165 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18338, the photograph of Strawberry Sorbet printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18338, 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: PP18338
Filed: January 3, 2006
Granted: December 18, 2007
Expires: June 17, 2026
Assignee: WHETMAN JOHN
Inventor: WHETMAN JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘STRAWBERRY SORBET’ that is characterized by pronounced compact habit, grey-green foliage, and bright red flowers. In combination these traits set ‘STRAWBERRY SORBET’ apart from all other existing varieties of Dianthus known to the inventor.

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 ‘STRAWBERRY SORBET’ as described and illustrated herein.

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