US Plant Patent PP27397
Bandera
Helenium plant named ‘Bandera’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 1, 2035.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 31, 2034. This patent earned 152 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP27397
- Filed
- October 31, 2014
- Granted
- November 15, 2016
- Expires
- April 1, 2035
- Inventor
- HOLTMAAT HENRICUS MARIA JOSEPH
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Helenium plant named ‘Bandera’, characterized by its compact, broadly upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; inflorescences with dark yellow and dark orange bi-colored ray florets; and strong peduncles that hold the inflorescences above the foliar plane.
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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Helenium plant named ‘Bandera’ as illustrated and described.
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