US Plant Patent PP16405

Purple Mountain Majesty

Heuchera plant named ‘Purple Mountain Majesty’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 23, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 30, 2024. This patent earned 84 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16405
Filed: September 30, 2004
Granted: April 4, 2006
Expires: December 23, 2024
Assignee: OLIVER CHARLES
Inventor: OLIVER CHARLES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Purple Mountain Majesty’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; purple and silver-colored foliage; numerous large white-colored flowers arranged on erect panicles; and excellent garden performance.

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 ‘Purple Mountain Majesty’, as illustrated and described.

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