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US Plant Patent PP22943

Cosmic Evolution

Coreopsis plant named ‘Cosmic Evolution’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 30, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 9, 2031. This patent earned 21 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP22943, the photograph of Cosmic Evolution printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22943, 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
PP22943
Filed
March 9, 2011
Granted
August 7, 2012
Expires
March 30, 2031
Assignee
PROBST DARRELL R
Inventor
PROBST DARRELL R

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Cosmic Evolution’ characterized by its large inflorescences with ray florets that are creamy white in color and becoming suffused with red-purple as temperatures cool with the purple coloration beginning as an eyezone and on the margins of the petals and then progressing until the flowers become nearly solid red-purple, its ability to bloom from June until frost in Massachusetts, its vigorous growth habit and healthy foliage, and its reliably perennial habit and cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 4.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Coreopsis plant named ‘Cosmic Evolution’ as herein illustrated and described.

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