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US Plant Patent PP23391

Summer Stripe

Heliopsis plant named ‘Summer Stripe’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 24, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 15, 2031. This patent earned 101 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23391, the photograph of Summer Stripe printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23391, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP23391
Filed
March 15, 2011
Granted
February 12, 2013
Expires
June 24, 2031
Inventor
UEBELHART GEORG G

Abstract

A new cultivar of Heliopsis , ‘Summer Stripe’, characterized by its inflorescences with yellow ray florets with red cones, foliage that is variegated with blades that are pink, green and creamy white in color with dark green veins, its stems that are dark reddish in color, and its ability to bloom predictably as a one-year-old plant.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Heliopsis plant named ‘Summer Stripe’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23391 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.