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US Plant Patent PP36679

Happily Ever After

Bergenia plant named ‘Happily Ever After’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 3, 2044.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 11, 2043. This patent earned 176 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP36679, the photograph of Happily Ever After printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36679, 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
PP36679
Filed
July 11, 2023
Granted
May 13, 2025
Expires
January 3, 2044
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Heartleaf Bergenia plant, Bergenia plant named ‘Happily Ever After’ with a dense mounded habit, medium-sized, densely-arranged, deep-green, glossy, ovate, evergreen foliage, and large, white becoming lightly blushed with pink, campanulate flowers on tall upright 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 foliage develops a reddish blush on the front and deeper red on the back with cool fall temperatures. The new plant has a medium growth rate and the foliage 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 ‘Happily Ever After’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36679 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.