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US Plant Patent PP24689

Mercury Rising

Coreopsis plant named ‘Mercury Rising’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 28, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 13, 2032. This patent earned 168 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24689, the photograph of Mercury Rising printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24689, 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
PP24689
Filed
September 13, 2012
Granted
July 22, 2014
Expires
February 28, 2033
Assignee
PROBST DARRELL R
Inventor
PROBST DARRELL R

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Mercury Rising’ characterized by its exhibits large inflorescences with ray florets that are solid red in color throughout the growing season with white tips appearing when plants are grown under hot temperatures, its vigorous growth habit with healthy foliage, its low growing plant habit, spreading outward from above ground stems that are well branched, its reliably perennial growth habit and cold hardiness at least in U.S.D.A. Zone 5, and its very good resistance to powdery mildew and leaf spot.

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 ‘Mercury Rising’ as herein illustrated and described.

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