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US Plant Patent PP15945

Marmalade

Heuchera plant named ‘Marmalade’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 1, 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 105 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15945, the photograph of Marmalade printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15945, 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
PP15945
Filed
June 18, 2004
Granted
September 6, 2005
Expires
October 1, 2024
Inventor
EGGER JANET

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant characterized by russet to amber colored foliage, bold size 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 Heuchera plant as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15945 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.