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US Plant Patent PP35105

Ripple Effect

Bergenia plant named ‘Ripple Effect’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 13, 2042.

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 PP35105, the photograph of Ripple Effect printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35105, 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
PP35105
Filed
October 13, 2022
Granted
April 11, 2023
Expires
October 13, 2042
Assignee
BOWEN III EDWARD H
Inventor
BOWEN III EDWARD H

Abstract

A new and distinct Fringed Bergenia hybrid, Bergenia plant named ‘Ripple Effect’ with medium-sized, mounded habit, with large, densely-arranged, deep-green, glossy, obovate, deciduous leaves, and white campanulate flowers developing a pinkish blush with maturity, on heavily-branched, large panicles over at least a three-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 vigorous 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.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Bergenia plant named ‘Ripple Effect’ as described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP35105 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.