US Plant Patent PP17131

Peach Melba

Heuchera plant named ‘Peach Melba’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 17, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 14, 2025. This patent earned 3 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP17131, the photograph of Peach Melba printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP17131, 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: PP17131
Filed: June 14, 2005
Granted: October 3, 2006
Expires: June 17, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: EGGER JANET N

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant characterized by spring foliage color of pink to rust, creamy pink flowers on short red flowering stems, and a mounding habit.

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 as herein illustrated and described.

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