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US Plant Patent PP31396

Cherry Truffles

Heuchera plant named ‘Cherry Truffles’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends September 10, 2038.

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 PP31396, the photograph of Cherry Truffles printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31396, 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
PP31396
Filed
September 10, 2018
Granted
January 21, 2020
Expires
September 10, 2038
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant named ‘Cherry Truffles’ with large sinuate foliage with rounded apices and lobes, leaf blades begin the season bright red and develop to deep cherry mahogany without silver overlay surrounding the veins. Branched panicles are deep burgundy displaying bright pink calyces and pale pink petals for about five weeks beginning late spring and repeating through the summer. The new plant is vigorous and produces large clumps with many large leaves.

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 ‘Cherry Truffles’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31396 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.