US Plant Patent PP36533

COPHANTO

Colocasia plant named ‘COPHANTO’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends April 27, 2044.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 11, 2044. This patent earned 16 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP36533
Filed: April 11, 2024
Granted: March 4, 2025
Expires: April 27, 2044
Assignee: Brians Botanicals
Inventor: WILLIAMS BRIAN PAUL

Abstract

‘COPHANTO’ is a new and distinctive Colocasia plant which is characterized by near-black, strongly rugose, and velvety laminas borne on near-black petioles, heavily glaucous foliage which has an iridescent quality when viewed in direct sunlight, and the stability of all characteristics from generation to generation.

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

That which is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct variety of Colocasia plant named ‘COPHANTO’, substantially as described and illustrated herein.

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