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US Plant Patent PP23666

Sunrise Falls

Heucherella plant named ‘Sunrise Falls’

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 PP23666, the photograph of Sunrise Falls printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23666, 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
PP23666
Filed
September 22, 2011
Granted
June 11, 2013
Expires
December 13, 2031
Inventor
EGGER JANET N

Abstract

A new and distinct Heucherella plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by a vigorous, trailing habit, large, deeply lobed leaves, leaves yellow to lime green in spring and summer with red tones in fall and winter, a dark splatter pattern on the veins, and excellent vigor.

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

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

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