US Plant Patent PP18828
WP05 Yves
Dianthus plant named ‘WP05 Yves’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends September 18, 2026.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP18828
- Filed
- September 18, 2006
- Granted
- May 20, 2008
- Expires
- September 18, 2026
- Assignee
- WHETMAN JOHN
- Inventor
- WHETMAN JOHN
Abstract
A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘WP05 Yves’ that is characterized by compact mounding habit, gray-green foliage and fragrant white flowers with bright purple center. In combination these traits set ‘WP05 Yves’ 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 Yves’ as described and illustrated herein.
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