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US Plant Patent PP18466

Eye Declare

Hosta plant named ‘Eye Declare’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired September 1, 2026. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on August 15, 2026. This patent earned 17 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP18466, the photograph of Eye Declare printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP18466, 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
PP18466
Filed
August 15, 2006
Granted
January 29, 2008
Expires
September 1, 2026
Inventor
FALSTAD CLARENCE

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Paradise Power’ characterized by heart-shaped, large-sized, leaves with green margins, viridescent light yellowish leaf centers, vertical flower scapes well above foliage with numerous light lavender flowers, suitable for landscape, potted culture, or 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 cultivar of ornamental Hosta plant named ‘Eye Declare’ as herein described and illustrated, with light yellowish leaf center, green margin with red stippling in the petiole and scape, suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP18466 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.