US Plant Patent PP14045

Valda Louise

Dianthus plant named ‘Valda Louise’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 11, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 1, 2021. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14045, the photograph of Valda Louise printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14045, 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: PP14045
Filed: December 1, 2001
Granted: August 5, 2003
Expires: December 11, 2021
Inventor: WHETMAN JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dianthus named ‘Valda Louise’ that is characterized by double, carmine-pink flowers, a compact habit and gray-green foliage. In combination these traits set ‘Valda Louise’ 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 Louise’ as described and illustrated herein.

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