US Plant Patent PP17194

Hope

Echinacea purpurea plant named ‘Hope’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 23, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 15, 2025. This patent earned 38 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17194, the photograph of Hope printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17194, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number: PP17194
Filed: June 15, 2005
Granted: November 7, 2006
Expires: July 23, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea purpurea plant named ‘Hope’ characterized by its unique flowers with soft pink ray florets that are spread out perpendicular to the stem, orange disc, 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 illustrated and described.

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