US Plant Patent PP18889

Rum Punch

Coreopsis plant named ‘Rum Punch’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 13, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 17, 2026. This patent earned 27 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18889
Filed: July 17, 2006
Granted: June 3, 2008
Expires: August 13, 2026
Assignee: DAVIS RICHARD
Inventor: DAVIS RICHARD

Abstract

A new and distinct Coreopsis plant named ‘Rum Punch’ characterized by very free flowering orangey-rose daisy-like flowers, a low mounding habit and excellent vigor.

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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