US Plant Patent PP24354

Secret Affair

Echinacea plant named ‘Secret Affair’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 6, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 11, 2032. This patent earned 56 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP24354
Filed: September 11, 2012
Granted: March 25, 2014
Expires: November 6, 2032
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC, KORLIPARA HARINI
Inventor: KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct Echinacea plant named ‘Secret Affair’ characterized by enlarged disc florets forming an anemone-type inflorescence, deep pink disc and ray florets, a medium sized, mounding habit with good stem count and branching, 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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