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US Plant Patent PP18842

WP05 Enid

Dianthus plant named ‘WP05 Enid’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 21, 2026.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 18, 2026. This patent earned 94 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18842, the photograph of WP05 Enid printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18842, 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
PP18842
Filed
September 18, 2006
Granted
May 27, 2008
Expires
December 21, 2026
Assignee
WHETMAN JOHN
Inventor
WHETMAN JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘WP05 ENID’ that is characterized by compact mounding habit, gray-green foliage and mildly fragrant pink flowers with large red-purple markings. In combination these traits set ‘WP05 ENID’ 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 ‘WP05 ENID’ as described and illustrated herein.

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