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US Plant Patent PP36479

Purple Rain

Heuchera plant named ‘Purple Rain’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 24, 2044.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP36479, the photograph of Purple Rain printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP36479, 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
PP36479
Filed
March 24, 2024
Granted
February 18, 2025
Expires
March 24, 2044
Inventor
DELABROYE THIERRY

Abstract

A new cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Purple Rain’ that is characterized by its compact plant habit, its foliage that is velvety purple in color with black veins, its foliage with an upper leaf surface that is moderately glossy, and its evergreen foliage in U.S.D.A. Zone 7 or greater.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Purple Rain’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP36479 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.