US Plant Patent PP18234

Ruby Tuesday

Helenium plant named ‘Ruby Tuesday’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 9, 2026. 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.

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The record

Patent number: PP18234
Filed: June 9, 2006
Granted: November 20, 2007
Expires: June 9, 2026
Assignee: WITTEMAN & CO
Inventor: DAMEN PETRUS THOMAS

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Helenium plant named ‘Ruby Tuesday’, characterized by its upright, somewhat outwardly spreading and uniform plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; inflorescences with dark red-colored ray florets; and strong peduncles that hold the inflorescences above the foliar plane.

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

1. A new and distinct Helenium plant named ‘Ruby Tuesday’ as illustrated and described.

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