US Plant Patent PP19578

Encore

Heuchera plant named ‘Encore’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 15, 2028.

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 PP19578, the photograph of Encore printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19578, 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: PP19578
Filed: January 15, 2008
Granted: December 16, 2008
Expires: January 15, 2028
Assignee: DELABROYE SANDRINE
Inventor: DELABROYE SANDRINE

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Heuchera named ‘Encore’, characterized by its leaves that are rose-purple in color with a silvery overlay and dark rose-purple veins with a lower leaf surface that is a vibrant red-purple in color. ‘Encore’ can be further characterized by its compact and mounded plant habit, its tolerance to heat and humidity and its hardiness at least in U.S.D.A Zones 4 to 9.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Encore’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19578 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.