US Plant Patent PP18546

CBG Cone 2

Echinacea plant named ‘CBG Cone 2’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 30, 2026.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 26, 2026. This patent earned 4 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18546
Filed: September 26, 2006
Granted: March 4, 2008
Expires: September 30, 2026
Assignee: CHICAGOLAND GROWS INC
Inventor: AULT JAMES R

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea, ‘CBG Cone 2’, characterized by its compact and dwarf growth habit, its sturdy stems, its horizontally held blooms with medium pink florets surrounding yellow-brown cones, its long blooming habit, its ease of propagation, its vigorous growth habit, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.

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 ‘CBG Cone 2’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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