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US Plant Patent PP15977

Dancing in the Rain

Hosta plant named ‘Dancing in the Rain’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired August 26, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 20, 2024. This patent earned 98 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15977, the photograph of Dancing in the Rain printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15977, 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
PP15977
Filed
May 20, 2004
Granted
September 20, 2005
Expires
August 26, 2024
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC
Inventor
FALSTAD CLARENCE H

Abstract

A new and distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Dancing in the Rain’, characterized by leaves having deep green margins and a creamy yellow to creamy white center, with lavender flowers held nicely above foliage.

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 ‘Dancing in the Rain’ having light lavender flowers and white-centered leaves with deep green margins, as herein described and illustrated, suitable as a potted plant, for landscaping specimen or in mass, and for fresh-cut arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP15977 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.