US Plant Patent PP16183

Little Giant

Echinacea purpurea plant named ‘Little Giant’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 12, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 18, 2024. This patent earned 116 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16183
Filed: June 18, 2004
Granted: January 3, 2006
Expires: October 12, 2024
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea purpurea plant named ‘Little Giant’ characterized by its unique flowers with numerous red purple rays that radiate out, orange cone, lovely fragrance, and an upright dwarf 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 named ‘Little Giant’, as illustrated and described.

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