US Plant Patent PP14002
Aphrodite
Dodecatheon plant named ‘Aphrodite’
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired May 6, 2022. 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
- PP14002
- Filed
- May 6, 2002
- Granted
- July 22, 2003
- Expires
- May 6, 2022
- Assignee
- FUTURE PLANTS V O F
- Inventor
- VAN DEN AARDWEGH KEES
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Dodecatheon plant named ‘Aphrodite’, characterized by its upright and tall growth habit; long leaves; and large red purple flowers on long and thick scapes.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Dodecatheon plant named ‘Aphrodite’, as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14002 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.