US Plant Patent PP26355

Flirt

Bergenia plant named ‘Flirt’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 13, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 14, 2034. This patent earned 122 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP26355
Filed: May 14, 2014
Granted: January 26, 2016
Expires: September 13, 2034
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: KORLIPARA HARINI

Abstract

A new and distinct Bergenia plant characterized by a vigorous, miniature habit, clean, shiny green late spring to summer foliage, numerous short inflorescences, large, deep pink flowers in a very showy spring display, and clean, shiny and almost black winter leaves.

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 Bergenia plant as herein illustrated and described.

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