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US Plant Patent PP28621

Wildfire

Sedum plant named ‘Wildfire’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 14, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 19, 2036. This patent earned 86 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28621, the photograph of Wildfire printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28621, 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
PP28621
Filed
January 19, 2016
Granted
November 7, 2017
Expires
April 14, 2036
Inventor
HANSEN CHRISTOPHER M

Abstract

A new cultivar of Sedum plant named ‘Wildfire’ characterized by its variegated foliage that emerges with a tri-color look of green, pink and yellow in the spring and turns bright shiny cherry red in color with bright orange-pink margins as it matures in full sun with color retention throughout the entire growing season, its heavy branching with branches from every leaf node along the stems producing a mounded groundcover-type plant habit with no open centers and that does not flop in the summer, and its large inflorescences that are pink in color and appear in late summer.

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 ‘Wildfire’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28621 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.