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US Plant Patent PP6420

Millie White

Dieffenbachia named "Millie White"

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 11, 2006. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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
PP6420
Filed
April 11, 1986
Granted
November 22, 1988
Expires
April 11, 2006
Assignee
DUDA & SONS
Inventor
STUTZMAN DONALD J

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dieffenbachia characterized by a dark green, irregular margin, enclosing an almost white to delicate light green interior, sprinkled with irregular spots of dark green. Midrib and veins show a prominent white coloration in vivid contrast to interveinal areas. Type of growth is erect, compact, and vigorous.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Dieffenbachia plant, substantially as shown and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP6420 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.