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US Plant Patent PP28643

Orange Smoothie

Hemerocallis plant named ‘Orange Smoothie’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 4, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 22, 2036. This patent earned 74 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28643, the photograph of Orange Smoothie printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28643, 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
PP28643
Filed
March 22, 2016
Granted
November 14, 2017
Expires
June 4, 2036
Inventor
MEYER CHRIS

Abstract

A new and distinct Hemerocallis plant named ‘Orange Smoothie’ characterized by winter-hardy compact habit with clean medium-green foliage that goes dormant in the winter; rounded, fragrant, single flowers of orange-mango-colored base with light rose eye, pink midrib and light green throat; tepals with consistent and considerable wavy margins and recurved at apex giving more color from flower backside; scapes of up to 60 cm tall with four-way branching and 32 flowers beginning about mid-July and with repeating scapes through summer for about seven weeks.

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

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct ornamental daylily plant named Hemerocallis ‘Orange Smoothie’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28643 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.