US Plant Patent PP24460
Short ‘n
Helenium plant named ‘Short ‘n’ Sassy’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 11, 2032.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 11, 2032. This patent earned 91 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP24460
- Filed
- September 11, 2012
- Granted
- May 13, 2014
- Expires
- December 11, 2032
- Assignee
- SKAGIT GARDENS INC, FALCETTI-ARNOLD GINA M
- Inventor
- FALCETTI-ARNOLD GINA M
Abstract
A new cultivar of Helenium , ‘Short ‘n’ Sassy’, characterized by its dwarf plant habit; reaching 45 to 56 cm in height, its early commencement of bloom with new blooming stems continuously produced that rise above the older spent blooms and its inflorescences with ray florets that are a blend of yellow and red in color creating a yellow and orange effect.
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 cultivar of Helenium plant named ‘Short ‘n’ Sassy’ substantially as herein illustrated and described.
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