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US Plant Patent PP31366

Cherry Blast

Coreopsis plant named ‘Cherry Blast’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 29, 2038.

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 PP31366, the photograph of Cherry Blast printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31366, 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
PP31366
Filed
June 29, 2018
Granted
January 14, 2020
Expires
June 29, 2038
Assignee
PROBST DARRELL R
Inventor
PROBST DARRELL R

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Cherry Blast’ that is characterized by its sturdy, well-branched plant habit reaching an average of 40 cm in height and 70 cm in width, its floriferous and long blooming season of sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in early July and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its medium sized inflorescences with ray florets that are red-purple in color with paler markings towards the tips, its resistance to powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis) and leafspot (Pseudomonas cichorii) and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5a.

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 ‘Cherry Blast’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31366 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.