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US Plant Patent PP34972

Sweet as Honey

Rudbeckia plant named ‘Sweet as Honey’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 29, 2041.

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 PP34972, the photograph of Sweet as Honey printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP34972, 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
PP34972
Filed
October 29, 2021
Granted
February 7, 2023
Expires
October 29, 2041
Inventor
HORVATH BRENT ARPAD

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Rudbeckia plant as illustrated and described, characterized by the combination of smaller foliage, shorter height and lighter yellow flowers compared to the seed parent.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct variety of Rudbeckia plant named ‘Sweet as Honey’ as illustrated and described, characterized by the combination smaller foliage, shorter height, and yellow flowers compared to the seed parent.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP34972 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.