US Plant Patent PP16025

Cotton Candy

Mandevilla plant named ‘Cotton Candy’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 1, 2024. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP16025
Filed: September 1, 2004
Granted: October 4, 2005
Expires: September 1, 2024
Assignee: LAKE AREA NURSERY
Inventor: REPP WANDA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Cotton Candy’, characterized by its upright vining growth habit; glossy, dark green-colored leaves; soft pink-colored flowers with imbricate petals with ruffled margins; and tolerance to low and high temperatures.

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 Mandevilla plant named ‘Cotton Candy’, as illustrated and described.

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