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US Plant Patent PP29620

Merry Bells

Bergenia plant named ‘Merry Bells’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 27, 2037.

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

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP29620, the photograph of Merry Bells printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29620, 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
PP29620
Filed
February 27, 2017
Granted
August 21, 2018
Expires
February 27, 2037
Assignee
PIROCHE PIERRE
Inventor
PIROCHE PIERRE

Abstract

A new cultivar of Bergenia omeiensis named ‘Merry Bells’ that is characterized by compact, low-growing plant habit, small rounded glossy green leaves which lie almost horizontal and clusters of white and soft pink bell-shaped flowers held on orange-red stems. The flowers of ‘Merry Bells’ emerge outward-facing and then gently recurve to expose orange-red calyces. In combination these traits set ‘Merry Bells’ apart from all other varieties of Bergenia known to the inventor.

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 ‘Merry Bells’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29620 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.