US Plant Patent PP28750

Hopscotch

×Heucherella plant named ‘Hopscotch’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 1, 2036.

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

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The record

Patent number: PP28750
Filed: December 1, 2016
Granted: December 5, 2017
Expires: December 1, 2036
Assignee: WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor: HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new hybrid × Heucherella plant named ‘Hopscotch’ with deeply incised palmately lobed foliage of variable coloration starting in the spring as red with dark red centers, transitioning to bronze-red during flowering and deep green in winter. ‘Hopscotch’ begins flowering in late spring with a creamy-white effect.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct ornamental × Heucherella plant named ‘Hopscotch’ as herein illustrated and described.

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