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US Plant Patent PP16210

Lime Rickey

Heuchera plant named ‘Lime Rickey’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 2, 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 137 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16210, the photograph of Lime Rickey printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16210, 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
PP16210
Filed
June 18, 2004
Granted
January 24, 2006
Expires
November 2, 2024
Inventor
EGGER JANET

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant characterized by lime green wavy foliage and vigor.

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

1. A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant characterized by lime green wavy foliage and vigor.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16210 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.