US Plant Patent PP18684

Virgin

Echinacea plant named ‘Virgin’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 12, 2026.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP18684
Filed: December 12, 2006
Granted: April 1, 2008
Expires: December 12, 2026
Assignee: FUTURE PLANTS LICENTIE BV
Inventor: OUDOLF PETRUS HENDRICUS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea plant named ‘Virgin’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; large single inflorescences with white-colored ray florets; and strong peduncles that hold the inflorescences above the foliar plane.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct Echinacea plant named ‘Virgin’ as illustrated and described.

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