US Plant Patent PP13437

Jeepers Creepers

Tiarella plant named ‘Jeepers Creepers’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired June 28, 2021. 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 1 of US plant patent PP13437, the photograph of Jeepers Creepers printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP13437, 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: PP13437
Filed: June 28, 2001
Granted: December 31, 2002
Expires: June 28, 2021
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: HEIMS DANIEL M

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid of Tiarella plant characterized by its unique creeping habit with good vigor, fine leaf form and coloration, and showy white flowers.

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 a slow creeping habit and good vigor, foliage, form and flowers.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13437 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.