US Plant Patent PP27121

RD09

Helleborus plant named ‘RD09’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 11, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 7, 2034. This patent earned 96 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP27121
Filed: November 7, 2014
Granted: August 30, 2016
Expires: February 11, 2035
Assignee: DAVEY RODNEY, WINDSOR LYNDA
Inventor: DAVEY RODNEY; WINDSOR LYNDA

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Helleborus plant named ‘RD09’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit; variegated developing leaves; uniform, continuous and freely flowering habit; dark purple-colored flowers held above the foliar plane on relatively long peduncles; 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 Helleborus plant named ‘RD09’ as illustrated and described.

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