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US Plant Patent PP32132

Miss Piggy

Bergenia plant named ‘Miss Piggy’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 26, 2039.

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 PP32132, the photograph of Miss Piggy printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32132, 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
PP32132
Filed
November 26, 2019
Granted
August 25, 2020
Expires
November 26, 2039
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Heartleaf Bergenia plant, Bergenia plant named ‘Miss Piggy’ with low, spreading, mounded habit, large, densely-arranged, deep-green, glossy, obovate, evergreen and pink campanulate flowers on heavily-branched, large panicles over a four-week period beginning in early 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 ‘Miss Piggy’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32132 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.