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US Plant Patent PP24482

MAUI GOLD

Colocasia plant named ‘MAUI GOLD’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends March 16, 2033.

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 PP24482, the photograph of MAUI GOLD printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP24482, 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
PP24482
Filed
March 16, 2013
Granted
May 20, 2014
Expires
March 16, 2033
Assignee
UNIV HAWAII
Inventor
CHO JOHN J

Abstract

A new cultivar of cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘MAUI GOLD’ that is characterized by a combination of large sagittate-shaped chartreuse colored leaves with a glossy finish, bluish-purple colored piko, and petioles that are white to light yellow-green in color that turn light burgundy in color where they join the leaf ‘Maui Gold’ grows with a compact and clumping habit. In combination these characteristics distinguish ‘MAUI GOLD’ 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.

The invention claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Colocasia plant named ‘Maui Gold’ as described and illustrated herein.

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