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US Plant Patent PP31281

Spearmint

Heuchera plant named ‘Spearmint’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 21, 2038.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP31281, the photograph of Spearmint printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31281, 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
PP31281
Filed
November 21, 2018
Granted
December 24, 2019
Expires
November 21, 2038
Assignee
HANSEN HANS A, WALTERS GARDEN INC
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant named ‘Spearmint’ with medium mostly flat foliage with rounded apices and shallowly dissected lobes. The leaf blades are without purplish undertones on top or below and develop a heavy silver overlay covering all but the dark green veins. Branched panicles are deep burgundy displaying two-tone dark pink and light pink calyces with light pinkish petals for about five weeks beginning mid-summer. The new plant is vigorous and produces large clumps with many large leaves.

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

It is claimed: 1. The new and distinct coral bells plant named Heuchera ‘Spearmint’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31281 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.