US Plant Patent PP17209

Fancy Frills

Echinacea purpurea plant named ‘Fancy Frills’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 31, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 16, 2025. This patent earned 45 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17209
Filed: June 16, 2005
Granted: November 14, 2006
Expires: July 31, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea purpurea plant named ‘Fancy Frills’ characterized by its unique frilled and doubled ray florets that are held out stiffly, reddish to maroon cones, lovely fragrance, and an upright vigorous 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 purpurea plant as herein illustrated and described.

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