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US Plant Patent PP21999

Galaxy

Coreopsis plant named ‘Galaxy’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 4, 2030.

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 PP21999, the photograph of Galaxy printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21999, 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
PP21999
Filed
February 4, 2010
Granted
June 28, 2011
Expires
February 4, 2030
Inventor
PROBST DARRELL R

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Galaxy’ characterized its inflorescences with semi-double ray florets that are solid yellow in color and held just above the foliage, its compact plant habit, its healthy and vigorous growth habit, and its perennial plant habit and cold hardiness to least U.S.D.A. Zone 5.

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 ‘Galaxy’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP21999 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.