US Plant Patent PP24685

Silver Heart

Brunnera plant named ‘Silver Heart’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 9, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 13, 2032. This patent earned 88 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24685, the photograph of Silver Heart printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24685, 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: PP24685
Filed: November 13, 2012
Granted: July 22, 2014
Expires: February 9, 2033
Assignee: WILLEMSEN PETER JAN
Inventor: WILLEMSEN PETER JAN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Brunnera macrophylla , ‘Silver Heart’, characterized by its leaves that are large, strong, round-cordate in shape, and heavily mottled with silver with very thin green veins and margins, and its resistance to sun scorch.

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 ‘Silver Heart’ as herein illustrated and described.

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