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US Plant Patent PP19623

Blue Ivory

Hosta plant named ‘Blue Ivory’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends June 30, 2027.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 12, 2027. This patent earned 110 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP19623, the photograph of Blue Ivory printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19623, 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
PP19623
Filed
March 12, 2007
Granted
January 13, 2009
Expires
June 30, 2027
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, LUCAS KLINKHAMER
Inventor
MEYER WILLIAM J

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Blue Ivory’ characterized by elliptic to cordate leaves having wide light creamy-colored margins and blue-green centers, vertical flower scapes with medium lavender flowers above foliage, suitable for landscape, potted culture, or cut flower arrangements.

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 ornamental Hosta plant named ‘Blue Ivory’ as herein described and illustrated, with elliptic to cordate leaves having wide light creamy-colored margins and blue-green centers, suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19623 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.