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US Plant Patent PP16096

Crème Brulée

Coreopsis plant named ‘Crème Brulée’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 12, 2024. 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 PP16096, the photograph of Crème Brulée printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16096, 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
PP16096
Filed
August 12, 2004
Granted
November 8, 2005
Expires
August 12, 2024
Assignee
CROON JUNE
Inventor
CROON JUNE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Coreopsis plant named ‘Crème Brulée’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded growth habit; very freely basal branching habit; narrow, lacy and bright green-colored foliage; very freely flowering habit with numerous inflorescences per plant; large daisy-type inflorescences; bright yellow-colored ray florets and darker yellow-colored disc florets; long flowering period; and relatively resistant to Powdery Mildew.

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 ‘Crème Brulée’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16096 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.