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US Plant Patent PP31065

Catching Fire

X Heucherella plant named ‘Catching Fire’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 13, 2037.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 25, 2037. This patent earned 78 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP31065, the photograph of Catching Fire printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP31065, 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
PP31065
Filed
January 25, 2017
Granted
November 12, 2019
Expires
April 13, 2037
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

The new hybrid X Heucherella plant named ‘Catching Fire’ with rugose, downwardly-cupped, palmately-lobed foliage changing from vibrant yellow with cherry-red flame surrounding the veins in the spring to lime-green with mahogany pattern around veins. ‘Catching Fire’ is vigorous and produces many airy panicles with numerous sterile creamy-white flowers beginning late spring and exhibits good heat and humidity tolerance. The plant is useful for landscaping as a specimen color, en masse, or as a container plant.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

It is claimed: 1. The new and distinct ornamental plant named X Heucherella ‘Catching Fire’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP31065 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.