Echo the Sun

Echo the Sun

Hosta plant named ‘Echo the Sun’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 13, 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 PP35943, the photograph of Echo the Sun printed in the patent.

Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP35943, 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.

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Echo the Sun’ producing medium-sized low mounds of basal lanceolate leaves of yellowish to chartreuse color. The medium-sized leaves have a matte upper surface and glaucous underside. The flowers are white with light lavender centers and pale lavender backs. Flowers are attractively subtended by floral bracts making the whole scape more effective. ‘Echo the Sun’ 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 Hosta ‘Echo the Sun’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP35943 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.

The record

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