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US Plant Patent PP12238

Red Velvet

Mandevilla plant named ‘Red Velvet’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 19, 2020. 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
PP12238
Filed
September 19, 2000
Granted
November 27, 2001
Expires
September 19, 2020
Inventor
GRAY JOHN F

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘Red Velvet’, characterized by its vigorous growth habit; rapid growth rate; large, glossy, dark green leaves; large flowers that are dark pink in color when temperatures are less than 29° C. and intensify to dark red in color when temperatures are greater than 29° C.; red flower throat color; 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’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12238 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.