US Plant Patent PP9875
Tequila Sunrise
Coreopsis plant named Tequila Sunrise
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired January 26, 2016. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP9875
- Filed
- January 26, 1996
- Granted
- April 29, 1997
- Expires
- January 26, 2016
- Inventor
- SMITH KENNETH E; SMITH LINDA L
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Coreopsis named Tequila Sunrise, characterized by its yellow and green variegated leaves; compact plant habit; large, bright golden yellow, single flowers; and reddish foliage color when exposed to cool temperatures.
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 Tequila Sunrise, as illustrated and described.
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