US Plant Patent PP21859

Shanghai

Heuchera plant named ‘Shanghai’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 19, 2030.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 14, 2029. This patent earned 36 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP21859, the photograph of Shanghai printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP21859, 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: PP21859
Filed: December 14, 2009
Granted: April 5, 2011
Expires: January 19, 2030
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: EGGER JANET N

Abstract

A new and distinct Heuchera plant characterized by small veiled purple leaves year round, very free flowering medium to short flower stalks, ivory colored flowers on purple black peduncles, repeat blooming, a well branched, small, mounding habit, and excellent vigor.

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

1. A new and distinct Heuchera plant as herein illustrated and described.

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