US Plant Patent PP18783

Katie Saul

Echinacea plant named ‘Katie 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: PP18783
Filed: December 29, 2006
Granted: May 6, 2008
Expires: December 29, 2026
Assignee: ITSAUL PLANTS LLC
Inventor: SAUL RICHARD

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Katie Saul’, characterized by its upright and columnar plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; large single inflorescences with salmon pink-colored ray florets; 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 ‘Katie Saul’ as illustrated and described.

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