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US Plant Patent PP17409

CORAL SUN

Koelreuteria plant named ‘CORAL SUN’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 18, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17409, the photograph of CORAL SUN printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17409, 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
PP17409
Filed
August 18, 2005
Granted
February 13, 2007
Expires
August 18, 2025
Inventor
KOLSTER HENNY

Abstract

A new cultivar of Koelreuteria named ‘CORAL SUN’ that is characterized by emerging and persistent orange red spring foliage, mid-green summer foliage, bright red petioles at all times, and the typical golden yellow fall foliage for the species. In combination these traits set ‘CORAL SUN’ apart from all other existing varieties of Koelreuteria known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct variety of Koelreuteria plant named ‘CORAL SUN’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP17409 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.