US Plant Patent PP16835

Stoplight

×Heucherella plant named ‘Stoplight’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 4, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 27, 2025. This patent earned 67 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP16835
Filed: January 27, 2005
Granted: July 18, 2006
Expires: April 4, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: EGGER JANET N

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of × Heucherella plant characterized by its distinctive gold to chartreuse foliage with a large, starry, maroon blotch.

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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