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US Plant Patent PP20774

Empress Wu

Hosta plant named ‘Empress Wu’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 17, 2028.

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 PP20774, the photograph of Empress Wu printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP20774, 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
PP20774
Filed
November 17, 2008
Granted
February 23, 2010
Expires
November 17, 2028
Assignee
SKAGGS BRIAN
Inventor
SKAGGS BRIAN

Abstract

Hosta plant named ‘Empress Wu’ is a new cultivar with very large green leaves, gigantic plant stature in the landscape, light lavender flowers and large matching bracts producing a water lily effect, suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

1. A new and distinct ornamental Hosta plant named ‘Empress Wu’ as herein described and illustrated, with very large green leaves and plant stature, light lavender flowers and large matching bracts producing a water lily effect, suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP20774 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.