US Plant Patent PP18768

Emily Saul

Echinacea plant named ‘Emily Saul’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 29, 2026.

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: PP18768
Filed: December 29, 2006
Granted: April 29, 2008
Expires: December 29, 2026
Assignee: ITSAUL PLANTS LLC
Inventor: SAUL RICHARD

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Emily Saul’, characterized by its relatively compact, upright and columnar plant habit; freely branching habit; large single inflorescence with dark red purple-colored ray florets, relatively large inflorescence discs; and strong flowering stems that hold the inflorescences upright.

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 named ‘Emily Saul’ as illustrated and described.

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