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US Plant Patent PP16290

Eskimo Pie

Hosta plant named ‘Eskimo Pie’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 3, 2025. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on May 20, 2024. This patent earned 259 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16290, the photograph of Eskimo Pie printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16290, 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
PP16290
Filed
May 20, 2004
Granted
February 28, 2006
Expires
February 3, 2025
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC
Inventor
FALSTAD III CLARENCE H

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Eskimo Pie’, characterized by rounded leaves having wide blue-green margins, and a creamy yellow to creamy white center and near white flowers held just above the foliage on thick light green-colored scapes.

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

1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Hosta plant named ‘Eskimo Pie’ as herein described and illustrated, suitable as a potted plant, for landscaping specimen or in mass, and for fresh-cut arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP16290 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.