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US Plant Patent PP23545

Delta Dawn

Heuchera plant named ‘Delta Dawn’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 12, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 2, 2031. This patent earned 101 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23545, the photograph of Delta Dawn printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23545, 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
PP23545
Filed
September 2, 2011
Granted
April 16, 2013
Expires
December 12, 2031
Inventor
EGGER JANET N

Abstract

A new and distinct Heuchera plant characterized by leaves which are lime green with red to dark centers in the spring, with centers lightening with age and warmer conditions, medium large, round leaves, creamy white flowers on short flowering stems, medium, mounding habit, and good 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.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23545 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.