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US Plant Patent PP8867

Viette

Rudbeckia plant named Viette's Little Suzy

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 3, 2013. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP8867
Filed
August 3, 1993
Granted
August 23, 1994
Expires
August 3, 2013
Inventor
VIETTE MARK A

Abstract

A rudbeckia fulgida var. speciosa plant named Viette's Little Suzy, characterized by its dwarf habit, having a total plant height of only 14 inches, approximately one-half the typical height of plants of this species, bright yellow orange ray florets and a domed dark purple center, very floriferous habit; and dark green foliage which fades to a dark grayed-purple during cooler temperatures and after frost.

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 cultivar of Rudbeckia plant named Viette's Little Suzy, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP8867 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.