US Plant Patent PP24087

Creole Nights

Heuchera plant named ‘Creole Nights’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 24, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 6, 2032. This patent earned 140 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP24087
Filed: March 6, 2012
Granted: December 10, 2013
Expires: July 24, 2032
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC, EGGER JANET N
Inventor: EGGER JANET N

Abstract

A new and distinct Heuchera plant characterized by medium large, glossy near black leaves year round, medium to short, dark peduncles, bicolor pink and white flowers, a well-branched medium-large, mounding habit, and excellent vigor.

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

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

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