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US Plant Patent PP11379

Mint Chocolate

Tiarella plant named `Mint Chocolate`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired July 22, 2018. 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.

The record

Patent number
PP11379
Filed
July 22, 1998
Granted
May 16, 2000
Expires
July 22, 2018
Inventor
HEIMS DAN M

Abstract

A new and distinct hybrid Tiarella plant characterized by deeply lobed, highly colored foliage and tawny-pink flowers in profusion.

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 Tiarella plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by deeply lobed, highly colored foliage and tawny-pink flowers in profusion.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11379 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.