US Plant Patent PP23979

Eccentric

Echinacea plant named ‘Eccentric’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 24, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 7, 2032. This patent earned 78 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP23979
Filed: March 7, 2012
Granted: October 8, 2013
Expires: May 24, 2032
Assignee: VAN NOORT MARCO
Inventor: VAN NOORT MARCO

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea , ‘Eccentric’, characterized by its anemone-type inflorescences (semi-double) with ray florets and disk florets that are initially red-purple in color and mature to orange-red; disk florets exhibit an enlarged petal and its numerous flowering stems that are strong and held upright, its floriferous habit, and it compact and short plant habit.

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 Echinacea plant named ‘Eccentric’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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