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US Plant Patent PP28072

Charlize

Coreopsis plant named ‘Charlize’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 9, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 21, 2035. This patent earned 18 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28072, the photograph of Charlize printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28072, 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
PP28072
Filed
September 21, 2015
Granted
May 30, 2017
Expires
October 9, 2035
Assignee
PROBST DARRELL R
Inventor
PROBST DARRELL R

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Charlize’ characterized by its compact plant habit reaching an average of 40 cm in height and 65 cm in width, its near sterility, its floriferous and long bloom season that does not require deadheading with bloom commences in late June and lasting until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences with fully double ray florets that are light yellow in color, its lack of requirement for vernalization to initiate flowering, its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 5 and its resistance to powdery mildew and leaf spot.

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 Coreopsis plant named ‘Charlize’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28072 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.