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US Plant Patent PP24690

Cracked Ice

XHeucherella plant named ‘Cracked Ice’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 1, 2033.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 7, 2032. This patent earned 206 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP24690, the photograph of Cracked Ice printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24690, 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
PP24690
Filed
August 7, 2012
Granted
July 22, 2014
Expires
March 1, 2033
Assignee
TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC, EGGER JANET N
Inventor
EGGER JANET N

Abstract

A new and distinct × Heucherella plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by medium size, palmatifid leaves with prominent sinuses, silver veiled leaves that change background colors from purple tinted green to copper tinted, prominent dark veins in summer through winter leaves, a low mounding plant habit, grows equally well in full sun or filtered shade in the Pacific Northwest, and excellent vigor.

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 × Heucherella plant as herein illustrated and described.

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