US Plant Patent PP20009
Moonlight
Coreopsis plant named ‘Moonlight’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends June 3, 2028.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP20009
- Filed
- June 3, 2008
- Granted
- May 19, 2009
- Expires
- June 3, 2028
- Assignee
- TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
- Inventor
- KORLIPARA HARINI
Abstract
A new and distinct Coreopsis plant named ‘Moonlight’ characterized by prolific, large, light yellow daisy-type flowers, grass-green foliage, very free branching and flowering, long bloom time, and a mounding habit.
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 as herein illustrated and described.
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