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US Plant Patent PP35175

Dancing in the Moonlight

Hosta plant named ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 1, 2042.

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 PP35175, the photograph of Dancing in the Moonlight printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35175, 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
PP35175
Filed
November 1, 2022
Granted
May 16, 2023
Expires
November 1, 2042
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’ producing medium-sized upright mounds of basal, lanceolate leaves with long, narrowly acute apices, cordate bases and intensely wavy margins and strongly folded along the midrib. The leaves are variegated having medium green centers and creamy-white margins with intermediate color separation between the margin and center of variably large segments of several shades of chartreuse. The medium-sized leaves have a matte and lightly glaucous upper surface and heavily glaucous underside. The campanulate flowers are very pale lavender beginning in mid-July. Each flower is attractively subtended by a floral bract with purplish margin making the scape showy for long periods. ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’ is useful in the landscape, as a container plant, a specimen or en masse.

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 Hosta plant named ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP35175 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.