US Plant Patent PP22197

Summer Sun

Echinacea plant named ‘Summer Sun’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 11, 2030.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 16, 2029. This patent earned 115 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP22197
Filed: November 16, 2009
Granted: October 11, 2011
Expires: March 11, 2030
Assignee: AARDWEGH KEES V D
Inventor: AARDWEGH KEES V D

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Echinacea , ‘Summer Sun’, characterized by its inflorescences with ray florets that emerge yellow-orange in color and mature to orange-red in color, an upright habit with strong branched flower stems, and it vigorous growth 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 ‘Summer Sun’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.

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