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US Plant Patent PP20108

Hilo Bay

Colocasia plant named ‘Hilo Bay’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 4, 2028.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP20108, the photograph of Hilo Bay printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20108, 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
PP20108
Filed
January 4, 2008
Granted
June 16, 2009
Expires
January 4, 2028
Assignee
CHO JOHN
Inventor
CHO JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘HILO BAY’ that is characterized by a combination of large, glossy olive green colored, slightly ovate leaves that are ruffled or corrugated in texture and has an undulating leaf margin, dark purple petioles, and produces multiple secondary lateral shoots that are attached to the mother plant on short stolons. In combination these characteristics distinguish ‘HILO BAY’ from all other varieties of Colocasia known to the inventor.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘HILO BAY’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20108 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.