US Plant Patent PP15067

Silver Light

Heuchera plant named ‘Silver Light’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 25, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 20, 2022. This patent earned 5 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15067, the photograph of Silver Light printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15067, 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: PP15067
Filed: December 20, 2002
Granted: August 3, 2004
Expires: December 25, 2022
Inventor: OLIVER CHARLES

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Silver Light’, characterized by its full, densely foliated and uniformly mounded plant habit; upper surfaces of leaves silver in color; lower leaf surfaces dark purple in color; numerous showy pink-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.

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Silver Light’, as illustrated and described.

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