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US Plant Patent PP17025

Dancatpink

Torenia plant named ‘Dancatpink’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 25, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 31, 2024. This patent earned 25 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17025, the photograph of Dancatpink printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17025, 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
PP17025
Filed
August 31, 2004
Granted
August 22, 2006
Expires
September 25, 2024
Assignee
DANZIGER DAN FLOWER FARM
Inventor
DANZIGER GABRIEL

Abstract

A new and distinct Torenia plant named ‘Dancatpink’ characterized by delicate, funnel form flowers consisting of four petals in which the top petal is pale purple, RHS 76B, and the lower and side petals are purple, RHS 77A, with a yellow-green blotch in the center of the lower petal, RHS 154A; its vigorous growth habit, its bushy and cascading growth habit which maintains its compact rounded growth; its dense branching which gracefully cascades from hanging baskets; its early flowering response and year round blooming in a moderate climate; its suitability as an annual for hanging pots outdoors under partial shade; and its good weather tolerance.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Torenia plant named ‘Dancatpink’, as illustrated and described herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17025 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.