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US Plant Patent PP15892

Fanfare

Gaillardia plant named ‘Fanfare’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 1, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 12, 2022. This patent earned 19 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15892, the photograph of Fanfare printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15892, 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
PP15892
Filed
November 12, 2002
Granted
July 26, 2005
Expires
December 1, 2022
Inventor
READ RICHARD

Abstract

A new cultivar of Gaillardia named ‘Fanfare’ that is distinguishable by a long blooming period, gray-green leaves, a compact, low-growing habit and large fragrant daisy-like inflorescences composed of brilliant yellow-orange colored tubular ray flowers with red coloration to the outside and inside of each corolla. In combination these traits set ‘Fanfare’ apart from all other existing varieties of Gaillardia known to the inventor.

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 Gaillardia×grandiflora plant named ‘Fanfare’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15892 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.