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US Plant Patent PP26957

Crazy Quilt

Zizia plant named ‘Crazy Quilt’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 8, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 3, 2034. This patent earned 127 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26957, the photograph of Crazy Quilt printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26957, 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
PP26957
Filed
April 3, 2014
Granted
July 19, 2016
Expires
August 8, 2034
Assignee
CULLINA WILLIAM G, NEW ENGLAND WILD FLOWER SOC
Inventor
CULLINA WILLIAM G

Abstract

A new cultivar of Zizia named ‘Crazy Quilt’, characterized by its heart shaped variegated foliage that changes color throughout the growing season, its spring foliage that emerges light green in color with an irregular white margin and a central dark green patch, its summer foliage that is gray-green in color with an irregular margin that is white and purple-pink in color, its fall and winter foliage that is two-toned purple and pink in color, and its small yellow umbellate flowers that emerge in the spring.

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 cultivar of Zizia aptera plant named ‘Crazy Quilt’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26957 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.