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US Plant Patent PP26945

Sunset Flash

Gaillardia plant named ‘Sunset Flash’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 6, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 19, 2034. This patent earned 79 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26945, the photograph of Sunset Flash printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26945, 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
PP26945
Filed
November 19, 2014
Granted
July 12, 2016
Expires
February 6, 2035
Inventor
LINTOTT KEITH GEORGE; READ CHARLES RICHARD

Abstract

A new cultivar of Gaillardia named ‘Sunset Flash’ that is distinguishable by a long blooming period, gray-green foliage, a compact, low-growing habit and single inflorescences composed of two rows of flat ray florets which are orange-red in color with yellow tips, is disclosed.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Gaillardia plant named ‘Sunset Flash’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26945 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.