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US Plant Patent PP35429

Ball Gown

Heuchera plant named ‘Ball Gown’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 15, 2042.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 16, 2042. This patent earned 29 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP35429, the photograph of Ball Gown printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35429, 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
PP35429
Filed
November 16, 2022
Granted
October 17, 2023
Expires
December 15, 2042
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant named ‘Ball Gown’ with large-sized, ruffled, chartreuse foliage. The new plant has creamy white flowers on dense panicles that repeat through the growing season. The new plant is vigorous, and produces dense clumps and is useful in the landscape or in containers.

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 coral bells plant named Heuchera ‘Ball Gown’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP35429 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.