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US Plant Patent PP26357

Berry Timeless

Heuchera plant named ‘Berry Timeless’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 19, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 6, 2034. This patent earned 135 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26357, the photograph of Berry Timeless printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26357, 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
PP26357
Filed
March 6, 2014
Granted
January 26, 2016
Expires
July 19, 2034
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct hybrid plant of Heuchera named ‘Berry Timeless’ with foliage having broad silver variegation and dark-green regions surrounding the veins, flowering without vernalization requirement, from early summer to fall frost with coloring of light pink petals and effective, persistent, dark-rose calyxes just above foliage suitable for landscaping or as cut flower or foliage decoration. The new plant is vigorous, compact in habit and tolerates heat and humidity well.

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

I claim: 1. The new and distinct Coral Bells plant named Heuchera ‘Berry Timeless’ as herein described and illustrated with broad silver variegation between the dark-green regions surrounding the veins, flowering without vernalization requirement, from early summer to fall frost with coloring of light pink petals and effective, persistent, dark-rose calyxes just above foliage suitable for landscaping or as cut flower or foliage decoration.

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