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US Plant Patent PP29395

Black Pearl

Heuchera plant named ‘Black Pearl’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 21, 2036.

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 PP29395, the photograph of Black Pearl printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP29395, 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
PP29395
Filed
November 21, 2016
Granted
June 12, 2018
Expires
November 21, 2036
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant named ‘Black Pearl’ with foliage of glossy, dark mahogany-purple, scalloped ruffled margins, rosy purple underside and no silver or dark green marbling surrounding the veins. ‘Black Pearl’ is topped with heavily-branched panicles of overall pink flowering effective over a long period. 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.

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

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP29395 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.