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US Plant Patent PP27989

Sweetie Pie

Dianthus plant named ‘Sweetie Pie’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 19, 2036.

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 PP27989, the photograph of Sweetie Pie printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27989, 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
PP27989
Filed
January 19, 2016
Granted
May 9, 2017
Expires
January 19, 2036
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and unique plant cultivar of perennial carnation or pinks, Dianthus plant named ‘Sweetie Pie’ with numerous, fully-double, fragrant flowers, on branched stems having up to 4 flowers per stem. Petals are pink that lighten with age. Plant has vigorous compact habit with silvery gray-green foliage. Dianthus ‘Sweetie Pie’ is tolerant of high temperatures and resists center die-out. Dianthus ‘Sweetie Pie’ flowers in late spring and again in early fall.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct Dianthus plant named ‘Sweetie Pie’ essentially as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27989 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.