US Plant Patent PP15929

City Lights

Heuchera plant named ‘City Lights’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 17, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 18, 2024. This patent earned 91 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP15929
Filed: June 18, 2004
Granted: August 23, 2005
Expires: September 17, 2024
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: GOSSETT GARY J

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant characterized by a compact habit, dark leaves, and cream-colored flowers.

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

1. A new and distinct Heuchera plant as herein illustrated and described.

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