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US Plant Patent PP25495

Circus

Heuchera plant named ‘Circus’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 4, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 4, 2032. This patent earned 182 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP25495, the photograph of Circus printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP25495, 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
PP25495
Filed
December 4, 2012
Granted
April 28, 2015
Expires
June 4, 2033
Assignee
DELABROYE THIERRY
Inventor
DELABROYE THIERRY

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Heuchera named ‘Circus’, characterized by its foliage with leaves that are peach colored with reddish veining in spring and fall and lime green with a slight silver overlay and red veining in summer, its pinkish purple flowers on red flowering stems, its tolerance to heat and humidity, its vigorous growth habit, and its hardiness in U.S.D.A Zones 3 to 8.

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 cultivar of hybrid Heuchera plant named ‘Circus’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP25495 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.