US Plant Patent PP20593
Ditosmel
Phlox plant named ‘Ditosmel’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends September 26, 2028.
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
- PP20593
- Filed
- September 26, 2008
- Granted
- December 22, 2009
- Expires
- September 26, 2028
- Assignee
- DITOPLANT EXP B V
- Inventor
- TONIES HUBERTUS JOSEPHUS
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Phlox plant named ‘Ditosmel’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit; freely branching and flowering habit; long flowering period; dark pink-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
1. A new and distinct Phlox plant named ‘Ditosmel’ as illustrated and described.
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