US Plant Patent PP14825

Sunspot

×Heucherella plant named ‘Sunspot’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 30, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 2, 2023. This patent earned 58 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14825, the photograph of Sunspot printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14825, 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: PP14825
Filed: June 2, 2003
Granted: May 25, 2004
Expires: July 30, 2023
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: HEIMS DANIEL M

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of ×Heucherella plant characterized by its distinctive golden to lime green foliage with a maroon blotch.

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 cultivar of ×Heucherella plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by its distinctive golden to lime green foliage with a maroon blotch.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14825 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.