US Plant Patent PP16424

Sunset

Echinacea plant named ‘Sunset’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 3, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 22, 2025. This patent earned 132 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16424
Filed: January 22, 2005
Granted: April 11, 2006
Expires: June 3, 2025
Assignee: ITSAUL PLANTS LLC
Inventor: SAUL RICHARD

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Sunset’, characterized by its upright and columnar plant habit; freely branching growth habit; large inflorescences with light red-colored ray florets and brownish orange-tipped receptacle spines; relatively early flowering habit; fragrant inflorescences; and good garden performance.

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 ‘Sunset’, as illustrated and described.

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