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US Plant Patent PP23118

Binoche

Heuchera plant named ‘Binoche’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 4, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 4, 2031. This patent earned 89 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23118, the photograph of Binoche printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23118, 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
PP23118
Filed
February 4, 2011
Granted
October 16, 2012
Expires
May 4, 2031
Assignee
SCHEYS DIEDERIK A M
Inventor
SCHEYS DIEDERIK A M

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Heuchera named ‘Binoche’, characterized by its foliage with leaves that are very dark black-green, with the color consistent throughout the leaf, its leaves with ruffled margins that are cupped at the base, its leaves that have a glossy surface when young and becoming pubescent when mature, its ruffled leaf margins, its vigorous growth habit in comparison to other dark foliaged cultivars of Heuchera , and its cold hardiness in at least U.S.D.A Zone 4.

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 hybrid Heuchera plant named ‘Binoche’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23118 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.