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US Plant Patent PP27259

Whoops-a-Daisy

Leucanthemum plant named ‘Whoops-a-Daisy’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 29, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 8, 2034. This patent earned 174 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP27259, the photograph of Whoops-a-Daisy printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP27259, 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
PP27259
Filed
August 8, 2014
Granted
October 11, 2016
Expires
January 29, 2035
Inventor
HURD KEVIN A

Abstract

The new Shasta daisy plant, Leucanthemum ‘Whoops-a-Daisy’, is a sturdy plant with dark green serrated foliage and strong heavily-branched stems. The numerous inflorescences have ray tepals of near white developing to pale cream and cover the plant in a mound from the top of the plant to the ground. The new plant is useful in the landscape as a long-flowering border, in mass, as accent plants and containerized for patio or indoor use, or as a cut flower.

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

I claim: 1. The new and distinct Shasta daisy plant, Leucanthemum ‘Whoops-a-Daisy’ as herein shown and described useful for long-flowering attractive landscaping in borders, in mass, as accent plants, containerized for patio or indoor use, or as a cut flower.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP27259 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.