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US Plant Patent PP33713

Firewheel

Coreopsis plant named ‘Firewheel’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 11, 2041.

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 PP33713, the photograph of Firewheel printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33713, 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
PP33713
Filed
May 11, 2021
Granted
November 30, 2021
Expires
May 11, 2041
Inventor
PROBST DARRELL

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis plant named ‘Firewheel’ that is characterized by its compact plant habit reaching an average of 50 cm in height and 70 cm in width, its floriferous and long blooming season of its sterile inflorescences that do not require deadheading; bloom commences in late-June and lasts until frost in Kensington, Conn., its large sized inflorescences with ray florets that are somewhat folded (not flat), ruffled, with serrated tips and are red-orange in color with yellow near the tips, its resistance to powdery mildew and leafspot, its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 4, and its ease of propagation as cuttings can be taken throughout the growing season.

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 ‘Firewheel’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP33713 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.