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US Plant Patent PP22670

Sunset Strip

Coreopsis plant named ‘Sunset Strip’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 20, 2031.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP22670, the photograph of Sunset Strip printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22670, 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
PP22670
Filed
January 20, 2011
Granted
April 17, 2012
Expires
January 20, 2031
Assignee
ITSAUL PLANTS LLC, BAUER PATRICIA M
Inventor
BAUER PATRICIA M

Abstract

A new cultivar of Coreopsis verticillata named ‘Sunset Strip’ characterized its large inflorescences that are golden yellow in color with dark orange centers with the dark orange coloration of the ray florets spreading along the veins towards the end of the petals that is especially distinct in fall, its height of 45 to 50 cm and an average spread of 61 cm, its continuous bloom from June until frost, its vigorous growth habit with good growth under greenhouse conditions in winter, and its cold hardiness to at least U.S.D.A. Zone 5.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Coreopsis plant named ‘Sunset Strip’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22670 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.