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US Plant Patent PP12720

Sweet Dreams

Coreopsis plant named ‘Sweet Dreams’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 29, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 18, 2021. This patent earned 11 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12720, the photograph of Sweet Dreams printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12720, 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
PP12720
Filed
January 18, 2001
Granted
June 25, 2002
Expires
January 29, 2021
Assignee
YODER BROTHERS INC
Inventor
LEONARD MARK ALAN

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Coreopsis plant named ‘Sweet Dreams’, characterized by its large daisy-type inflorescences that are about 3.8 cm in diameter; unique purple and white bi-colored ray florets; very freely flowering habit with numerous inflorescences per plant; upright and outwardly spreading growth habit; very freely branching habit; and dark green foliage.

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 ‘Sweet Dreams’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12720 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.