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US Plant Patent PP24803

Carnival Watermelon

Heuchera plant named ‘Carnival Watermelon’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 6, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 3, 2032. This patent earned 187 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24803, the photograph of Carnival Watermelon printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24803, 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
PP24803
Filed
August 3, 2012
Granted
August 19, 2014
Expires
February 6, 2033
Assignee
BALL HORTICULTURAL CO, LEUE ELLEN
Inventor
LEUE ELLEN

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Carnival Watermelon’, characterized by its immature foliage color of greyed burgundy-red with a slight silvery overlay and prominent reddish to reddish-brown venation, mature foliage color of greyed green and prominent green venation, and moderately vigorous and mounded growth habit, is disclosed.

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

What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Carnival Watermelon’, substantially as herein shown and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP24803 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.