US Plant Patent PP14836

Obsidian

Heuchera plant named ‘Obsidian’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 5, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 2, 2023. This patent earned 33 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14836, the photograph of Obsidian printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14836, 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: PP14836
Filed: June 2, 2003
Granted: May 25, 2004
Expires: July 5, 2023
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: HEIMS DANIEL M

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant characterized by dark, almost black leaves and a compact habit.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by dark, almost black leaves and a compact habit.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14836 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.