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US Plant Patent PP33694

Toffee Tart

Heuchera plant named ‘Toffee Tart’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 18, 2040.

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 PP33694, the photograph of Toffee Tart printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP33694, 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
PP33694
Filed
December 18, 2020
Granted
November 23, 2021
Expires
December 18, 2040
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant named ‘Toffee Tart’ with rounded, shallowly-dissected leaf blades of amber color develop a light silvery overlay between the veins in spring developing a ginger coloration with silvery overlay between the veins later in the season. The new plant has reddish-brown calyces on short, upright, branched panicles producing creamy white flowers. The new plant is vigorous and produces medium clumps with many dense leaves and is useful in the landscape or in containers.

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 Heuchera plant named ‘Toffee Tart’ as herein described and illustrated.

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