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US Plant Patent PP23587

American Hero

Hosta plant named ‘American Hero’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 13, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 12, 2031. This patent earned 93 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23587, the photograph of American Hero printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23587, 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
PP23587
Filed
July 12, 2011
Granted
May 7, 2013
Expires
October 13, 2031
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, BERGERON AMY
Inventor
BERGERON AMY

Abstract

A new and unique Hosta plant named ‘American Hero’ characterized by compact plant habit and stiff, upright, heavily-substanced, twisted, variegated leaves with dark green margins and creamy centers. The leaf veins have an irregular and unusual fusing, a puckering or corrugation especially between the leaf margin and center and the creamy centers have an irregular green flecking. Flowering lasts for about 3 to 4 weeks beginning in mid-July with numerous light-lavender upward-facing flowers on cream-colored scapes.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Hosta plant named ‘American Hero’ as herein described and illustrated, suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower or leaf arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23587 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.