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US Plant Patent PP20434

Pinot Noir

Heuchera plant named ‘Pinot Noir’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 2, 2028.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 19, 2027. This patent earned 45 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20434, the photograph of Pinot Noir printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20434, 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
PP20434
Filed
December 19, 2007
Granted
October 20, 2009
Expires
February 2, 2028
Assignee
DELABROYE SANDRINE
Inventor
DELABROYE SANDRINE

Abstract

A new cultivar of Heuchera of hybrid origin, ‘Pinot Noir’, characterized by its relatively small, broadly ovate shaped leaves held on purple petioles that are dark purple-grey in color when they emerge and developing a silver overlay with dark purple veins as they mature. ‘Pinot Noir’ is further characterized by its mounded and compact plant habit, its tolerance to high heat and humidity, its vigorous growth habit, its early blooming habit with abundant, creamy white flowers and its hardiness in U.S.D.A. Zones 4 to 9.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Pinot Noir’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20434 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.