US Plant Patent PP18560

Snowberry

Coreopsis plant named ‘Snowberry’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 30, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 23, 2026. This patent earned 7 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18560, the photograph of Snowberry printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18560, 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: PP18560
Filed: June 23, 2006
Granted: March 4, 2008
Expires: June 30, 2026
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct Coreopsis plant named ‘Snowberry’ characterized by large, daisy-type flowers that are about 4.5 cm in diameter; unique primrose yellow and maroon bi-colored ray florets; grass green foliage; very free branching; very free flowering; and 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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