US Plant Patent PP37186
OVPEARLS16
Echeveria plant named ‘OVPEARLS16’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends April 29, 2045.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 11, 2045. This patent earned 18 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.
The record
- Patent number
- PP37186
- Filed
- April 11, 2025
- Granted
- December 30, 2025
- Expires
- April 29, 2045
- Assignee
- OVATA B V
- Inventor
- AMMERLAAN JOHANNES HENDRIKUS ADRIANUS
Abstract
A new and distinct Echeveria hybrid plant named ‘OVPEARLS16’ which is characterized by having a flattened globular profile with abundant compact foliage that grows erect in the center of the basal rosette and loosens to nearly horizonal as the plant matures. Foliage that is flat, oblong to narrowly obovate with abruptly acute to broad apiculate apices, crenulate foliar margins with heavy undulation, green mature foliage is prominently margined with a translucent light greyed-green color, which transmutes to greyed-purple distally from the base of the lamina, and the stability of these characteristics from generation to generation.
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That which is claimed is: 1 . A new and distinct variety of Echeveria hybrid plant named ‘OVPEARLS16’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.
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