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US Plant Patent PP20299

SETTING SUN

Potentilla plant named ‘SETTING SUN’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 27, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 19, 2028. This patent earned 8 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20299, the photograph of SETTING SUN printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20299, 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
PP20299
Filed
May 19, 2008
Granted
September 15, 2009
Expires
May 27, 2028
Inventor
BREMNER ALAN HEDDLE

Abstract

A new cultivar of Potentilla plant named ‘Setting Sun’ that is characterized by compact habit, dense grey-green foliage, and unusual peach colored flowers which bear a darker peach-red eye. In combination these traits set ‘Setting Sun’ apart from all other varieties of Potentilla 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 Potentilla plant named ‘Setting Sun’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20299 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.