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US Plant Patent PP17298

Sparkler

Echinacea purpurea plant named ‘Sparkler’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 13, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17298, the photograph of Sparkler printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17298, 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
PP17298
Filed
September 13, 2005
Granted
December 19, 2006
Expires
September 13, 2025
Assignee
TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor
KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Echinacea purpurea plant named ‘Sparkler’ characterized by its distinctive leaves with mottled variegation.

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

1. A new and distinct Echinacea purpurea plant, as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17298 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.