US Plant Patent PP23284

B's Knees

Echinacea plant named ‘B's Knees’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 4, 2032.

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

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The record

Patent number: PP23284
Filed: January 4, 2012
Granted: December 25, 2012
Expires: January 4, 2032
Assignee: SUNNY BORDER NURSERIES INC, LAVIANA MARC RICHARD
Inventor: LAVIANA MARC RICHARD

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea , ‘B's Knees’, characterized by its leaves that are lanceolate in shape with a shiny leaf surface, its sturdy stems that reach about 60 cm in height, its inflorescences with ray florets that are dark pink in color, and its continuous bloom from June to August with rebloom if spent blossoms are removed.

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 Echinacea plant named ‘B's Knees’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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