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US Plant Patent PP15293

Summers Kiss

Gaillardia plant named ‘Summers Kiss’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 31, 2023. 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 PP15293, the photograph of Summers Kiss printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15293, 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
PP15293
Filed
March 31, 2003
Granted
November 2, 2004
Expires
March 31, 2023
Inventor
GIBB KATHERINE

Abstract

A new cultivar of Gaillardia named ‘Summers Kiss’ that is distinguished by medium-green colored leaves, upright low-growing habit and large daisy-like flowers that are a melon color and that bloom in summer and fall. In combination these traits set ‘Summers Kiss’ 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.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Gaillardia plant named ‘Summers Kiss’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15293 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.