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US Plant Patent PP26011

Diamonds Are Forever

Hosta plant named ‘Diamonds Are Forever’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 1, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on March 29, 2033. This patent earned 278 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26011, the photograph of Diamonds Are Forever printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26011, 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
PP26011
Filed
March 29, 2013
Granted
October 20, 2015
Expires
January 1, 2034
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, SAL ERIC M
Inventor
SAL ERIC M

Abstract

The new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ with small, compact, mound habit, small elliptic to cordate leaves with dark green centers and wide creamy white margins that develop into a white. Numerous purple striped flowers are held attractively above foliage in mid-summer.

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 ornamental Hosta plant named ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ as herein described and illustrated suitable as a potted plant, for landscaping the garden en masse or as an accent, and for cut flower or leaf arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26011 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.