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US Plant Patent PP15579

Diaspetis

Diascia plant named ‘Diaspetis’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 31, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 8, 2024. This patent earned 84 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15579, the photograph of Diaspetis printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15579, 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
PP15579
Filed
March 8, 2004
Granted
February 22, 2005
Expires
May 31, 2024
Inventor
STEMKENS HENRICUS

Abstract

A new Diascia plant particularly distinguished by its rosy red flowers, which produces no seeds, and has a growing habit that is spreading and hanging.

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 Diascia plant named ‘Diaspetis,’ as substantially illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15579 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.