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US Plant Patent PP22420

KONA COFFEE

Colocasia plant named ‘KONA COFFEE’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 30, 2030.

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 PP22420, the photograph of KONA COFFEE printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP22420, 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
PP22420
Filed
November 30, 2010
Granted
December 27, 2011
Expires
November 30, 2030
Assignee
CHO JOHN
Inventor
CHO JOHN

Abstract

A new cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘KONA COFFEE’ that is characterized by a compact and branching habit with 4 to 7 lateral shoots, small dark purple to almost black colored leaves that are slightly cupped inwardly with a glossy finish and semi-glossy burgundy to dark burgundy colored petioles. In combination these characteristics distinguish ‘KONA COFFEE’ 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 ‘KONA COFFEE’ as described and illustrated herein.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP22420 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.