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US Plant Patent PP16636

CBG Cone3

Echinacea plant named ‘CBG Cone3’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 10, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 6, 2024. This patent earned 96 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16636, the photograph of CBG Cone3 printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16636, 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
PP16636
Filed
October 6, 2004
Granted
June 13, 2006
Expires
January 10, 2025
Assignee
CHICAGOLAND GROWS INC
Inventor
PALMER ANGELA JO

Abstract

The new cultivar originated as a branch mutation of the ‘Art's Pride’ cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,090) of unknown causation. Attractive blossoms are formed having yellow-orange ray and disc florets which differ substantially in coloration from those of the ‘Art's Pride’ cultivar. Also, the blossoms display a blossom fragrance that is more intense than that of the ‘Art's Pride’ cultivar. Dark green semi-glossy foliage is formed that contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration. The new cultivar is capable of imparting distinctive ornamentation to the landscape.

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

1. A new and distinct Echinacea plant having the following combination of characteristics: (a) forms attractive blossoms having yellow-orange ray and disc florets which differ substantially in coloration from those of the ‘Art's Pride’ cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,090), (b) displays a blossom fragrance of sweet orange-spiced tea that is more intense than that of the ‘Art's Pride’ cultivar, and (c) forms attractive semi-glossy dark green foliage that contrasts nicely with the blossom coloration; substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16636 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.