US Patent Issued to Ovata on Dec. 30 for "Echeveria plant named 'OVPEARLS16'" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. PP37,186, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Ovata B.V. (Bleiswijk, Netherlands).

"Echeveria plant named 'OVPEARLS16'" was invented by Johannes Hendrikus Adrianus Ammerlaan (Bleiswijk, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new and distinct Echeveria hybrid plant named 'OVPEARLS16' which is characterized by having a flattened globular profile with abundant compact foliage that grows erect in the center of the basal rosette and loosens to nearly horizonal as the plant matures. Foliage that is flat, oblong to narrowly obovate with abruptly acute to broad apiculate apices, crenulate foliar margins with heavy undulation, green mature foli...