US Plant Patent PP23996

Summer Salsa

Echinacea plant named ‘Summer Salsa’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 2, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 14, 2032. This patent earned 80 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP23996
Filed: March 14, 2012
Granted: October 15, 2013
Expires: June 2, 2032
Assignee: VAN NOORT MARCO
Inventor: VAN NOORT MARCO

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea , ‘Summer Salsa’, characterized by its anemone-type (semi-double) inflorescences with ray florets and disk florets that open orange-red in color and become deep orange, its stems that are strong and held upright, its floriferous habit, and its compact and short plant habit.

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 cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Summer Salsa’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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