US Plant Patent PP15705

HGC Merlin

Helleborus plant named ‘HGC Merlin’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 28, 2024. 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: PP15705
Filed: June 28, 2004
Granted: March 29, 2005
Expires: June 28, 2024
Inventor: HEUGER JOSEPH

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Helleborus plant named ‘HGC Merlin’, characterized by its upright and mounded plant habit; dark green-colored leaves; attractive dark purple-colored flowers; and relatively early flowering.

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 Merlin’, as illustrated and described.

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