US Plant Patent PP12776

Hatsuko

Dieffenbachia plant named ‘Hatsuko’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired March 24, 2021. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 9, 2021. This patent earned 15 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP12776, the photograph of Hatsuko printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP12776, 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: PP12776
Filed: March 9, 2001
Granted: July 16, 2002
Expires: March 24, 2021
Inventor: TAKISHITA HOWARD Y

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Dieffenbachia plant named ‘Hatsuko’, characterized by its upright and outwardly growth habit with large leaves; freely clumping habit, full and dense plants; and unique green and whitish green variegated leaves and petioles.

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 Dieffenbachia plant named ‘Hatsuko’, as illustrated and described.

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