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US Plant Patent PP25087

Florbikano

Bidens plant named ‘Florbikano’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 3, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 3, 2032. This patent earned 184 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25087, the photograph of Florbikano printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25087, 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
PP25087
Filed
July 3, 2012
Granted
November 18, 2014
Expires
January 3, 2033
Inventor
NISHIKAWA KOICHIRO

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Bidens plant named ‘Florbikano’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading to trailing and mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; inflorescences with yellow orange and dark orange bi-colored ray florets and bright yellow-colored disc florets; and strong peduncles that hold the inflorescences above and beyond the foliar plane.

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 Bidens plant named ‘Florbikano’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25087 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.