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US Plant Patent PP15979

Limerock Passion

Coreopsis plant named ‘Limerock Passion’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 1, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 12, 2024. This patent earned 20 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15979, the photograph of Limerock Passion printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15979, 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
PP15979
Filed
August 12, 2004
Granted
September 20, 2005
Expires
September 1, 2024
Assignee
LIMEROCK PLANT FARM INC
Inventor
BELL JOHN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Coreopsis plant named ‘Limerock Passion’, characterized by its daisy-type inflorescences; unique light red purple-colored ray florets and dark purple-colored disc florets; very freely flowering habit with numerous inflorescences per plant; and upright and outwardly spreading growth habit.

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 ‘Limerock Passion’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15979 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.