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US Plant Patent PP24632

Lime Zinger

Sedum plant named ‘Lime Zinger’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 29, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 27, 2032. This patent earned 124 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24632, the photograph of Lime Zinger printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24632, 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
PP24632
Filed
September 27, 2012
Granted
July 8, 2014
Expires
January 29, 2033
Assignee
HANSEN CHRISTOPHER M
Inventor
HANSEN CHRISTOPHER M

Abstract

A new cultivar of Sedum plant named ‘Lime Zinger’ characterized by its lime-green leaves with red picotee margins with the coloration retained for 7 months during the growing season, its production of 30 to 40 crowns the first year after vernalization, its heavy self-branching habit without being pinched, its numerous large (10 cm in diameter) inflorescences with flowers that are pink in color, and its disease free foliage.

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 variety of Sedum plant named ‘Lime Zinger’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24632 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.