US Plant Patent PP17486

Morning Star

Tiarella plant named ‘Morning Star’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 3, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on June 16, 2025. This patent earned 79 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP17486
Filed: June 16, 2005
Granted: March 13, 2007
Expires: September 3, 2025
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC
Inventor: GOSSETT GARY J

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Tiarella plant characterized its compact habit with numerous flowering stems and pink flowers, distinct leaf form and coloration.

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 substantially as illustrated and described.

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