US Plant Patent PP22601
Cosmic Eye
Coreopsis plant named ‘Cosmic Eye’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends October 29, 2030.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 29, 2030. This patent earned 273 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP22601
- Filed
- January 29, 2010
- Granted
- March 20, 2012
- Expires
- October 29, 2030
- Assignee
- PROBST DARRELL R
- Inventor
- PROBST DARRELL R
Abstract
A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Cosmic Eye’ characterized its large inflorescences with ray florets that are bright yellow in color with sharply contrasting bright red eye zones, its low growing and compact plant habit with flowers held well above the foliage, and its perennial habit and cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 5.
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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Coreopsis plant named ‘Cosmic Eye’ as herein illustrated and described.
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