US Plant Patent PP24563

Peppermint

Heuchera plant named ‘Peppermint’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 29, 2032.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 10, 2032. This patent earned 141 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP24563
Filed: August 10, 2012
Granted: June 17, 2014
Expires: December 29, 2032
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC, EGGER JANET N
Inventor: EGGER JANET N

Abstract

A new and distinct Heuchera plant characterized by small, lightly veiled, deep green leaves, very short flowering stems of pink flowers, reblooming all spring, summer, and fall, small, multi-crowned, low mounding habit, and good vigor.

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 Heuchera plant as herein illustrated and described.

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