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US Plant Patent PP24134

Tahitian Sunset

Coreopsis plant named ‘Tahitian Sunset’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 23, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 14, 2032. This patent earned 99 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24134, the photograph of Tahitian Sunset printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24134, 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
PP24134
Filed
February 14, 2012
Granted
December 31, 2013
Expires
May 23, 2032
Assignee
VAN DER KOLK PETER
Inventor
VAN DER KOLK PETER

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Tickseed, Coreopsis ‘Tahitian Sunset’ with short, compact, intensely-floriferous, long-blooming habit and flowers with a blend of watermelon-red and golden-orange petals. It is grown as an annual in zones colder than USDA zone 8 and as a perennial in zones 8 through 10.

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

It is claimed: 1. The new and distinct Coreopsis plant named ‘Tahitian Sunset’ as herein described and illustrated, useful as a potted plant, landscape plant, cut flower, and to attract butterflies.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24134 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.