US Plant Patent PP25978

Salsa

Helenium plant named ‘Salsa’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 18, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 31, 2033. This patent earned 108 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP25978
Filed: December 31, 2013
Granted: October 6, 2015
Expires: April 18, 2034
Assignee: AB KWEKERSRECHTEN B V, BLOM ARIE
Inventor: BLOM ARIE

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Helenium plant named ‘Salsa’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; inflorescences with dark red-colored ray florets with yellow-colored bases giving a “halo” effect around the disc; 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.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Helenium plant named ‘Salsa’ as illustrated and described.

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