US Plant Patent PP16867

Diasroroc

Diascia plant named ‘Diasroroc’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 13, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 1, 2024. This patent earned 102 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16867, the photograph of Diasroroc printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16867, 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: PP16867
Filed: December 1, 2004
Granted: July 25, 2006
Expires: March 13, 2025
Assignee: SYNGENTA SEEDS BV
Inventor: STEMKENS HENRICUS G W

Abstract

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

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 ‘Diasroroc,’ as substantially illustrated and described herein.

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