US Plant Patent PP16829

HERTN042

×Heucherella plant named ‘HERTN042’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 1, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 21, 2025. This patent earned 102 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16829
Filed: March 21, 2005
Granted: July 18, 2006
Expires: July 1, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: GOSSETT GARY J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of × Heucherella plant characterized by its abundant light pink flowers, compact habit, and maple shaped leaves.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of × Heucherella plant as herein illustrated and described.

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