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US Plant Patent PP35462

Rainbow Sherbet

Echinacea plant named ‘Rainbow Sherbet’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 4, 2043.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 26, 2043. This patent earned 37 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP35462, the photograph of Rainbow Sherbet printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35462, 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
PP35462
Filed
January 26, 2023
Granted
November 7, 2023
Expires
March 4, 2043
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Rainbow Sherbet’ of heavily branched plants, strong-stemmed, producing fragrant inflorescences with wide ray florets initially of orange-sherbet coloring transitioning to raspberry sherbet coloring and drooping and maturing to a light pinkish color. The center disk florets of raspberry-pink produce a large center pompon. The new plant has dark-green ovate foliage, produces flowers from mid-summer to late summer, and is suitable as a potted plant, for the landscape, and for cut flower arrangements.

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 cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Rainbow Sherbet’ as herein described and illustrated.

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