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US Plant Patent PP28005

Starlight

Coreopsis plant named ‘Starlight’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 21, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 19, 2035. This patent earned 94 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28005, the photograph of Starlight printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28005, 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
PP28005
Filed
March 19, 2015
Granted
May 9, 2017
Expires
June 21, 2035
Assignee
PROBST DARRELL R
Inventor
PROBST DARRELL R

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Coreopsis named ‘Starlight’ that is characterized by its compact plant habit, its nearly sterile florets result in a floriferous and long bloom season that does not require deadheading with bloom commencing in mid-June and lasting until hard frost in Connecticut, its large star-shaped inflorescences with ray florets that are cream-white in color with a purple streak at the base that expands to cover almost the entire surface of the ray florets in cooler temperatures, its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 5a, and its 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 ‘Starlight’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28005 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.