US Plant Patent PP13914

Valda Judith

Dianthus plant named ‘Valda Judith’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 1, 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 PP13914, the photograph of Valda Judith printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13914, 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: PP13914
Filed: December 1, 2001
Granted: June 24, 2003
Expires: December 1, 2021
Inventor: WHETMAN JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dianthus named ‘Valda Judith’ that is characterized by double, pale pink flowers, a compact habit and gray-green foliage. In combination these traits set ‘Valda Judith’ 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.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘Valda Judith’ as described and illustrated herein.

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