US Plant Patent PP34456
ET EPB 1717
Helleborus plant named ‘ET EPB 1717’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends November 18, 2041.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP34456
- Filed
- November 18, 2021
- Granted
- July 26, 2022
- Expires
- November 18, 2041
- Inventor
- NOORDHUIS BART; BISSCHOP ELISABETH
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Helleborus plant named ‘ET EPB 1717’, characterized by its upright plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; continuous and freely flowering habit; relatively large purplish red-colored flowers that are held above the foliar plane on relatively long peduncles; and good garden performance.
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It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct Helleborus plant named ‘ET EPB 1717’ as illustrated and described.
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