US Plant Patent PP27767

Red Lightning

Heuchera plant named ‘Red Lightning’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends August 21, 2035.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 22, 2035. This patent earned 60 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP27767
Filed: June 22, 2015
Granted: March 7, 2017
Expires: August 21, 2035
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: EGGER JANET N

Abstract

A new and distinct Heuchera plant characterized by leaves which are yellow to lime green with prominent red veins, showing the strongest coloration in the spring and fall, large leaves, creamy white flowers on short flowering stems, a medium-large, 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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