US Plant Patent PP12648

Black Beauty

Rudbeckia plant named ‘Black Beauty’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 29, 2019. 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 3 of US plant patent PP12648, the photograph of Black Beauty printed in the patent. — Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12648, 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: PP12648
Filed: December 29, 1999
Granted: May 28, 2002
Expires: December 29, 2019
Assignee: FUTURE PLANTS V O F
Inventor: OUDSHOORN HERBERT

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Rudbeckia plant named ‘Black Beauty’, characterized by its upright plant habit; relatively small inflorescences; and disc florets that are almost black with golden yellow pollen.

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 Rudbeckia plant named ‘Black Beauty’,

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