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US Plant Patent PP26717

20123-72D

Calendula plant named ‘20123-72D’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 13, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 23, 2034. This patent earned 51 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26717, the photograph of 20123-72D printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26717, 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
PP26717
Filed
October 23, 2014
Granted
May 10, 2016
Expires
December 13, 2034
Assignee
NISHIKAWA KOICHIRO
Inventor
NISHIKAWA KOICHIRO

Abstract

A new cultivar of Calendula plant, ‘20123-72D’, that is characterized by its strong, compact, creeping plant habit, its inflorescences with double ray florets that are yellow in color on the upper surface and orange in color on the lower surface and disk florets that are deep greyed-red in color, its long flowering time; blooming for 9 months from spring into winter in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, its very high tolerance to powdery mildew, and its very high tolerance to heat and cold, withstanding temperatures below −20° C. in the winter and its ability to be readily propagated by stem cuttings.

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 variety of Calendula plant named ‘20123-72D’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26717 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.