US Plant Patent PP16016

Heaven's Gate

Coreopsis plant named ‘Heaven's Gate’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 26, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 20, 2024. This patent earned 6 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16016
Filed: January 20, 2004
Granted: October 4, 2005
Expires: January 26, 2024
Assignee: SUNNY BORDER NURSERIES INC
Inventor: LAVIANA MARC R

Abstract

A new cultivar of Coreopsis rosea ‘Heaven's Gate’ characterized by an unique inflorescence coloration of purple ray florets ranging from bi-colors with a basal region that is deep purple and the more distal regions a lighter purple to deep purple throughout the floret with no bi-color effect exhibited.

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 ‘Heaven's Gate’ as herein illustrated and described.

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