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US Plant Patent PP28766

Fierce Gigante

Colocasia plant named ‘Fierce Gigante’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 17, 2036.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on April 12, 2036. This patent earned 35 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP28766, the photograph of Fierce Gigante printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP28766, 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
PP28766
Filed
April 12, 2016
Granted
December 12, 2017
Expires
May 17, 2036
Inventor
WILLIAMS BRIAN PAUL

Abstract

A new cultivar of Colocasia plant named, ‘Fierce Gigante’, that is characterized by its leaves that are large in size, its leaves that are rounded and hastate in shape, its foliage color that is green with a small light violet dot in the center of the leaf, its larger growing habit up to 7 feet in height, its clumping, robust and vigorous plant habit, its petioles that are deep purple in color, its foliage that is held horizontally to upright in aspect, and its root system that is strong and healthy.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘Fierce Gigante’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP28766 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.