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US Plant Patent PP16587

Paranoia

Echinacea plant named ‘Paranoia’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 7, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 30, 2024. This patent earned 100 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16587, the photograph of Paranoia printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16587, 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
PP16587
Filed
July 30, 2004
Granted
May 30, 2006
Expires
November 7, 2024
Inventor
AVENT TONY; SAUL RICHARD

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Paranoia’, characterized by its short, compact plant habit and buttery yellow reflexed ray flowers arranged around a coppery-brown cone of many disc florets.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Echinacea plant named ‘Paranoia’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16587 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.