US Plant Patent PP16735

TNHEU042

Heuchera plant named ‘TNHEU042’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 10, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 16, 2025. This patent earned 86 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16735
Filed: March 16, 2005
Granted: June 27, 2006
Expires: June 10, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: EGGER JANET N

Abstract

A new and distinct Heuchera plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by lime green foliage, light pink flowers, and good 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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