US Plant Patent PP36168

Riptide

Stokesia plant named ‘Riptide’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 29, 2043.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP36168
Filed: November 29, 2023
Granted: September 24, 2024
Expires: November 29, 2043
Assignee: WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor: HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Stokesia laevis plant named ‘Riptide’ with extended blooming of composite flowers having periwinkle-blue ray florets and purplish-blue disk florets just above the deep-green foliage of compact rounded plants from early summer until fall. The new plant is suitable for garden landscapes, in containers, or as a cut flower.

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

I claim: 1. The new and distinct Stokesia laevis plant named ‘Riptide’ as herein described and illustrated.

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