US Plant Patent PP17208

Sparkling Burgundy

Heuchera plant named ‘Sparkling Burgundy’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 8, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 24, 2025. This patent earned 45 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17208
Filed: June 24, 2005
Granted: November 14, 2006
Expires: August 8, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: EGGER JANET N

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant characterized by to burgundy colored foliage, white flowers on short, burgundy flowering stems, 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 hybrid of Heuchera plant as herein illustrated and described.

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