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US Plant Patent PP15455

Limerock Ruby

Coreopsis plant named ‘Limerock Ruby’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 24, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 30, 2021. This patent earned 389 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15455, the photograph of Limerock Ruby printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15455, 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
PP15455
Filed
September 30, 2001
Granted
December 28, 2004
Expires
October 24, 2022
Assignee
LIMEROCK PLANT FARM INC
Inventor
FARIA MARY ANN

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Coreopsis plant named ‘Limerock Ruby’, characterized by its daisy-type inflorescences that are about 3.25 cm in diameter; unique dark crimson red-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.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Coreopsis plant named ‘Limerock Ruby’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15455 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.