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US Plant Patent PP15528

Candy Striper

Tiarella plant named ‘Candy Striper’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired May 22, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 12, 2024. This patent earned 10 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15528, the photograph of Candy Striper printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15528, 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
PP15528
Filed
May 12, 2004
Granted
February 1, 2005
Expires
May 22, 2024
Assignee
TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor
HEIMS DANIEL M; GOSSETT GARY J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Tiarella plant characterized by its large size, upright habit and very large deeply palmately lobed leaves with a dark stripe down the veins.

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 Tiarella plant characterized by its large size, upright habit and very large deeply palmately lobed leaves with a dark stripe down the veins.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15528 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.