US Plant Patent PP16335

Royal Velvet

Heuchera plant named ‘Royal Velvet’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 2, 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 63 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16335
Filed: September 30, 2004
Granted: March 14, 2006
Expires: December 2, 2024
Assignee: OLIVER CHARLES
Inventor: OLIVER CHARLES

Abstract

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

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1. A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Royal Velvet’, as illustrated and described.

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