US Plant Patent PP29921
Zesty Zinger
Coreopsis plant named ‘Zesty Zinger’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends January 17, 2037.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 5, 2036. This patent earned 43 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP29921
- Filed
- December 5, 2016
- Granted
- November 27, 2018
- Expires
- January 17, 2037
- Assignee
- HANSEN HANS A, HURD KEVIN A, Walters Gardes Inc
- Inventor
- HANSEN HANS A; HURD KEVIN A
Abstract
The new and distinct threadleaf coreopsis plant, Coreopsis verticillata plant named ‘Zesty Zinger’, with linear, foliage of bright-green, numerous flowers with ray petals with ray petals dark magenta lightening to ivory tips, blooming over a prolonged season from mid-summer until early fall. The new plant is useful as a specimen landscape plant, mass planting, container plant and cut flower.
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 cultivar of Coreopsis plant named ‘Zesty Zinger’ as described and illustrated and useful as a specimen landscape plant, mass planting or cut flower.
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