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US Plant Patent PP15085

Frosted Violet

Heuchera plant named ‘Frosted Violet’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 25, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 20, 2022. This patent earned 5 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15085, the photograph of Frosted Violet printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15085, 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
PP15085
Filed
December 20, 2002
Granted
August 17, 2004
Expires
December 25, 2022
Inventor
OLIVER CHARLES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Frosted Violet’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; upper surfaces of leaves silvery purple in color; lower leaf surfaces dark purple in color; numerous showy pink-colored flowers arranged on erect to outwardly spreading panicles; long flowering period extending from early to late summer; and excellent garden performance.

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 Heuchera plant named ‘Frosted Violet’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15085 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.