US Plant Patent PP25060

Meteor Red

Echinacea plant named ‘Meteor Red’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 10, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 8, 2033. This patent earned 124 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP25060
Filed: March 8, 2013
Granted: November 11, 2014
Expires: July 10, 2033
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct Echinacea plant named ‘Meteor Red’ characterized by enlarged disc florets forming an anemone-type inflorescence, red orange ray florets and dark red orange disc florets, ray florets which are held horizontally when young but vertically when mature, a mounding habit with excellent stem count, and excellent vigor.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct Echinacea plant as herein illustrated and described.

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