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US Plant Patent PP34396

Bright Idea

Sedum plant named ‘Bright Idea’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 1, 2042.

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 PP34396, the photograph of Bright Idea printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP34396, 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
PP34396
Filed
March 1, 2022
Granted
June 28, 2022
Expires
March 1, 2042
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct cultivar of perennial Sedum plant named ‘Bright Idea’ is characterized by drought-tolerant, winter-hardy, tight, compact, rounded mounds, flower stems that remain upright in the center of the plant throughout the growing season, small, medium-green, glossy foliage with reddish blush along the edges and numerous bright yellow flowers clustered on small heads, on bright reddish stems, that completely covering the plant in early summer.

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

It is claimed: 1. The new and distinct perennial Sedum plant named ‘Bright Idea’ as herein described and illustrated useful for landscaping as a specimen plant, en masse.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP34396 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.