US Plant Patent PP12348

Black Velvet

Tiarella plant named ‘Black Velvet’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired April 8, 2019. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12348, the photograph of Black Velvet printed in the patent. — Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12348, 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: PP12348
Filed: April 8, 1999
Granted: January 8, 2002
Expires: April 8, 2019
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: HEIMS DAN M

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of Tiarella characterized by its vigor and unique cut leaves of marked coloration and size.

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 hybrid of Tiarella plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by its vigor and unique cut leaves of marked

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