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US Plant Patent PP18460

Little Sundial

Coreopsis plant named ‘Little Sundial’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 24, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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 PP18460, the photograph of Little Sundial printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18460, 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
PP18460
Filed
August 24, 2006
Granted
January 29, 2008
Expires
August 24, 2026
Assignee
FUTURE PLANTS LICENTIE BV
Inventor
VAN DELFT LUIT

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Coreopsis plant named ‘Little Sundial’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; low to moderately vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; rotate single inflorescences with golden yellow and dark orange-colored ray florets; and moderately strong peduncles that hold the inflorescences above the foliar plane.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Coreopsis plant named ‘Little Sundial’ as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18460 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.