US Plant Patent PP21296

Sweet Tea

Heucherella plant named ‘Sweet Tea’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 17, 2029.

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: PP21296
Filed: July 17, 2009
Granted: September 14, 2010
Expires: July 17, 2029
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: EGGER JANET N

Abstract

A new and distinct Heucherella plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by bright rose orange spring leaves with maroon along the main veins, summer color of rusty orange to rusty brown and tan with darker veins, fall and winter color of red brown with maroon veins, large, distinctive, palmately lobed leaves, large plant size, and excellent vigor.

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

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

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