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US Plant Patent PP31221

Apple Twist

Heuchera plant named ‘Apple Twist’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 21, 2038.

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

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP31221, the photograph of Apple Twist printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31221, reproduced as printed. Photographs in a plant patent are taken by the applicant. Reproduction of the patent document is permitted; the image is shown whole and uncropped for that reason.

The record

Patent number
PP31221
Filed
November 21, 2018
Granted
December 10, 2019
Expires
November 21, 2038
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant named ‘Apple Twist’ with medium sinuate margined foliage with rounded apices and lobes. The spring leaf blades begin the reddish bronze between the veins and later mature to an apple green with random silver overlay between the veins. Branched panicles produce creamy green floral effect for about five weeks in mid-summer. The new plant is vigorous and produces large clumps with many large leaves.

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

It is claimed: 1. The new and distinct coral bells plant named Heuchera ‘Apple Twist’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31221 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.