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US Plant Patent PP12880

Peters Goldteppich

Bidens plant named ‘Peters Goldteppich’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 9, 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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12880, the photograph of Peters Goldteppich printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12880, 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
PP12880
Filed
April 9, 2000
Granted
August 27, 2002
Expires
April 9, 2020
Assignee
INNOVAPLANT GMBH & CO KG
Inventor
WICKI-FREIDL PETER

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Bidens plant named ‘Peters Goldteppich’, characterized by its low-growing and cascading plant habit; freely branching, dense and bushy appearance; high vigor; small dark green foliage; early and continuous flowering; and large golden yellow inflorescences held above and beyond the foliage on wiry peduncles.

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 Bidens plant named ‘Peters Goldteppich’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12880 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.