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US Plant Patent PP22791

Echo Rojo

Kniphofia plant named ‘Echo Rojo’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 2, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 25, 2030. This patent earned 314 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP22791, the photograph of Echo Rojo printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22791, 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
PP22791
Filed
March 25, 2010
Granted
June 12, 2012
Expires
February 2, 2031
Assignee
ITSAUL PLANTS LLC, SAUL RICHARD G
Inventor
SAUL RICHARD G

Abstract

A new cultivar of Kniphofia , ‘Echo Rojo’, characterized by its inflorescences that start orange in color and turn red as they mature, its early blooming habit with the first blooms appearing at the end of April to the first part of May in Georgia, its repeat bloom throughout the summer, its semi-evergreen foliage that remains clean, and its strong upright stems that reach 36 inches in height and do not lodge.

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 Kniphofia plant named ‘Echo Rojo’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22791 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.