US Plant Patent PP12883

Sonset

Lantana plant named ‘Sonset’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 8, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 31, 2021. This patent earned 38 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12883, the photograph of Sonset printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12883, 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: PP12883
Filed: March 31, 2001
Granted: August 27, 2002
Expires: May 8, 2021
Assignee: CLINTON NURSERY INC
Inventor: COVINGTON JAMES S

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Lantana plant named ‘Sonset’, characterized by its upright, mounded and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; intense golden yellow, red and purple-colored flowers; and excellent garden performance.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Lantana plant named ‘Sonset’, as illustrated and described.

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