US Plant Patent PP17212

Hot Stuff

Sedum plant named ‘Hot Stuff’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 29, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 13, 2025. This patent earned 16 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17212
Filed: June 13, 2005
Granted: November 14, 2006
Expires: June 29, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: GOSSETT GARY J

Abstract

A new and distinct Sedum spectabile plant characterized by an extremely compact habit with stems that do not fall over after bloom and large purple red flower heads.

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

1. A new and distinct hybrid of Sedum plant as herein illustrated and described.

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