US Plant Patent PP17799

HGC Jacob

Helleborus plant named ‘HGC Jacob’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 30, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP17799
Filed: December 30, 2005
Granted: June 12, 2007
Expires: December 30, 2025
Assignee: HEUGER JOSEF
Inventor: HEUGER JOSEF

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Helleborus plant named ‘HGC Jacob’, characterized by its compact and mounded plant habit; dark green-colored leaves; and white to light green-colored flowers.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Helleborus plant named ‘HGC Jacob’, as illustrated and described.

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