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US Plant Patent PP23306

Delilah

Dieffenbachia plant named ‘Delilah’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 13, 2031.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23306, the photograph of Delilah printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23306, 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
PP23306
Filed
December 13, 2011
Granted
January 1, 2013
Expires
December 13, 2031
Assignee
BARNES J GLENN
Inventor
BARNES J GLENN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Dieffenbachia plant named ‘Delilah’, that is characterized by its foliage that is variegated with bright creamy white centers, dark green margins, and variable marbling of dark and bright green in the centers, its wide, compact leaf petioles that are variegated with mottling of green and white, its ability to readily produce new shoots resulting in a full and compact plant habit and its thick leaves that impart resistance to insects and diseases.

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 Dieffenbachia plant named ‘Delilah’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23306 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.