US Plant Patent PP26942
Sunset Sunrise
Gaillardia plant named ‘Sunset Sunrise’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends February 14, 2035.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 19, 2034. This patent earned 87 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP26942
- Filed
- November 19, 2014
- Granted
- July 12, 2016
- Expires
- February 14, 2035
- Assignee
- READ CHARLES RICHARD, LINTOTT KEITH GEORGE
- Inventor
- LINTOTT KEITH GEORGE; READ CHARLES RICHARD
Abstract
A new cultivar of Gaillardia named ‘Sunset Sunrise’ that is distinguishable by a long blooming period, compact low-growing habit and large inflorescences which are vibrant yellow in color, with an orange-red inner ring and a central orange disc, 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 Sunrise’ as described and illustrated herein.
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