US Plant Patent PP23348

Piccolino

Echinacea plant named ‘Piccolino’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 24, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 13, 2031. This patent earned 103 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP23348
Filed: May 13, 2011
Granted: January 22, 2013
Expires: August 24, 2031
Assignee: VAN NOORT MARCO
Inventor: VAN NOORT MARCO

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea , ‘Piccolino’, characterized by its anemone-type (semi-double) inflorescences with ray florets and disk florets that are deep red-purple in color, its 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.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Piccolino’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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