US Plant Patent PP14907

Pirate's Patch

Tiarella plant named ‘Pirate's Patch’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 19, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 2, 2023. This patent earned 47 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP14907, the photograph of Pirate's Patch printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14907, 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: PP14907
Filed: September 2, 2003
Granted: June 15, 2004
Expires: October 19, 2023
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSURIES INC
Inventor: HEIMS DANIEL M

Abstract

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

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