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US Plant Patent PP24684

Sea Heart

Brunnera plant named ‘Sea Heart’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 14, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 13, 2032. This patent earned 93 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24684, the photograph of Sea Heart printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24684, 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
PP24684
Filed
November 13, 2012
Granted
July 22, 2014
Expires
February 14, 2033
Inventor
WILLEMSEN PETER JAN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Brunnera macrophylla , ‘Sea Heart’, characterized by its leaves that are large, strong, round-cordate in shape, conspicuously mottled with silver between green veins, its resistance to sun scorch, and its vigorous growth habit.

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 Brunnera plant named ‘Sea Heart’ as herein illustrated and described.

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