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US Plant Patent PP34312

Emperor's New Clothes

Hosta plant named ‘Emperor's New Clothes’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 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 PP34312, the photograph of Emperor's New Clothes printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP34312, 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
PP34312
Filed
February 1, 2022
Granted
June 7, 2022
Expires
February 1, 2042
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Emperor's New Clothes’ with large-sized, rounded-mound habit of large ovate to nearly cordate foliage. Leaves begin the season with a yellowish-green with dark-green speckles, patches and streaks and mature to a minty green from tiny speckling on a white background, with patches and streaks of dark-green. The plant produces pale purple flared campanulate flowers on upright scapes well above the foliage beginning in mid-June and continuing for about four weeks.

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 ornamental Hosta plant named ‘Emperor's New Clothes’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP34312 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.