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US Plant Patent PP17092

ORANGES AND LEMONS

Gaillardia plant named ‘ORANGES AND LEMONS’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired January 24, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 9, 2024. This patent earned 76 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17092, the photograph of ORANGES AND LEMONS printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17092, 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
PP17092
Filed
November 9, 2004
Granted
September 12, 2006
Expires
January 24, 2025
Assignee
HARDY ROSEMARY
Inventor
HARDY ROSEMARY

Abstract

A new cultivar of Gaillardia named ‘ORANGES AND LEMONS’, an herbaceous perennial, that is distinguishable by an erect, compact habit, large composite planar sterile inflorescences which are composed of ray florets which are orange and yellow in color and disc florets which are orange in color. In combination these traits set ‘ORANGES AND LEMONS’ 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 ‘ORANGES AND LEMONS’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17092 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.