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US Plant Patent PP12813

Red Velvet Petite

Mandevilla plant named ‘Red Velvet Petite’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 6, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 8, 2021. This patent earned 29 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12813, the photograph of Red Velvet Petite printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12813, 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
PP12813
Filed
March 8, 2001
Granted
July 30, 2002
Expires
April 6, 2021
Assignee
LAKE AREA NURSERY
Inventor
GRAY JOHN F

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Red Velvet Petite’, characterized by its compact growth habit; short internodes; relatively small, glossy, dark green leaves; flowers that are dark pink in color when temperatures are less than 29° C. and intensify to red in color when temperatures are greater than 29° C.; 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.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Red Velvet Petite’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12813 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.