US Plant Patent PP23819
Red Baron
Echinacea plant named ‘Red Baron’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 31, 2031.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP23819
- Filed
- December 31, 2011
- Granted
- August 6, 2013
- Expires
- December 31, 2031
- Assignee
- COMPASS PLANTS B V, DEGENHARDT DICK
- Inventor
- DEGENHARDT DICK
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Red Baron’, characterized by its upright and columnar plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; strong flowering stems; freely flowering habit; long flowering period; large inflorescences with grey purple-colored ray florets, dark grey purple-colored disc florets and red-colored receptacle spines; ray florets arranged in a single whorl at the base of the receptacle and randomly towards the receptacle apex; and good garden performance.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Echinacea plant named ‘Red Baron’ as illustrated and described.
Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23819 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.