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US Plant Patent PP32073

Solar Flare

Kniphofia plant named ‘Solar Flare’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 3, 2039.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 28, 2038. This patent earned 36 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP32073, the photograph of Solar Flare printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32073, 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
PP32073
Filed
November 28, 2018
Granted
August 11, 2020
Expires
January 3, 2039
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Red Hot Poker plant named Kniphofia ‘Solar Flare’ with long, gracefully-arching, strap-like, keeled, glaucous, gray-green foliage and numerous scapes beginning in early summer and repeating though early fall. Habit is densely-growing, winter-hardy and tolerant of heat. Numerous scapes with dense flowers of bright-yellow flowers. The new plant is useful for landscaping as a specimen, en masse, or as a long-lasting cut flower.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Red Hot Poker plant named Kniphofia ‘Solar Flare’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32073 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.