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
- Assignee
- LAKE AREA NURSERY
- 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.