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US Plant Patent PP23647

Solar Eclipse

Heucherella plant named ‘Solar Eclipse’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 13, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 22, 2031. This patent earned 82 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23647, the photograph of Solar Eclipse printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23647, 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
PP23647
Filed
September 22, 2011
Granted
May 28, 2013
Expires
December 13, 2031
Assignee
TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC, EGGER JANET N, PAVLICH JOHN C
Inventor
EGGER JANET N; PAVLICH JOHN C

Abstract

A new and distinct Heucherella plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by large red to brown leaves with a yellow to lime margin, leaves which are palmately lobed, scalloped, and slightly ruffled, a high crown count, a tight, mounding plant habit, and excellent vigor. It grows equally well in full sun or filtered shade in the Pacific Northwest.

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

We claim: 1. A new and distinct Heucherella plant as herein illustrated and described.

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