US Plant Patent PP26565
Love Hearts
Dicentra plant named ‘Love Hearts’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends August 12, 2034.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 19, 2033. This patent earned 236 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record
- Patent number
- PP26565
- Filed
- December 19, 2013
- Granted
- March 29, 2016
- Expires
- August 12, 2034
- Assignee
- COMPASS PLANTS B V, ZETTERLUND HENRIK
- Inventor
- ZETTERLUND HENRIK
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Dicentra plant named ‘Love Hearts’, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading plant habit; freely flowering habit; light yellow green to white-colored flowers with purple to greyed red-colored apices; and good garden performance.
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 Dicentra plant named ‘Love Hearts’ as illustrated and described.
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