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US Plant Patent PP18392

Tequila Sunrise

Coprosma plant named ‘Tequila Sunrise’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 14, 2026. 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 PP18392, the photograph of Tequila Sunrise printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18392, 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
PP18392
Filed
June 14, 2006
Granted
January 1, 2008
Expires
June 14, 2026
Assignee
BURTON STEPHEN
Inventor
BURTON STEPHEN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Coprosma plant named ‘Tequila Sunrise’ that is characterized by an upright and outwardly spreading habit, leaves that change from green and yellow in the spring to orange and green during the summer to burgundy and brown in the fall and moderate vigor.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Coprosma plant named ‘Tequila Sunrise’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18392 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.