US Plant Patent PP14632

El Nino

Hosta plant named ‘El Nino’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 6, 2022. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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 PP14632, the photograph of El Nino printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP14632, 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: PP14632
Filed: December 6, 2002
Granted: March 23, 2004
Expires: December 6, 2022
Inventor: WARMERDAM PETRUS TH

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘El Nino’, characterized by its relatively compact plant habit; bluish green and white variegated leaves; freely flowering habit; and violet blue-colored flowers that are positioned above the foliage on erect scapes.

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 cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘El Nino’, as illustrated and described.

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