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US Plant Patent PP36397

Fairytale Romance

Bergenia plant named ‘Fairytale Romance’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 16, 2044.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 26, 2043. This patent earned 476 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP36397, the photograph of Fairytale Romance printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36397, 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
PP36397
Filed
January 26, 2023
Granted
January 14, 2025
Expires
May 16, 2044
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Heartleaf Bergenia plant, Bergenia plant named ‘Fairytale Romance’ with a dense mounded habit, medium-sized, densely-arranged, deep-green, glossy, obovate, evergreen foliage, and large, apple-blossom-pink, campanulate flowers on large heavily-branched panicles over a long period beginning in spring. The flowers hold up well in the garden as a landscape plant or as cut flowers. The new plant has a medium growth rate and is naturally resistant to deer and rabbit foraging.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Bergenia plant named ‘Fairytale Romance’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36397 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.