US Plant Patent PP18551

Midnight Rose

Heuchera plant named ‘Midnight Rose’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 24, 2026.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on October 3, 2026. This patent earned 21 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP18551
Filed: October 3, 2006
Granted: March 4, 2008
Expires: October 24, 2026
Assignee: BEHNKE NURSERIES CO
Inventor: POINDEXTER TERRI C

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant characterized by almost black colored leaves with pink spots that expand as the leaf grows larger. In summer the spots on the older leaves lighten to cream and pink.

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 substantially as shown and described.

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