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US Plant Patent PP16062

Fireworks

Hosta plant named ‘Fireworks’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 25, 2023. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on December 12, 2023. This patent earned 13 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP16062, the photograph of Fireworks printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP16062, 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
PP16062
Filed
December 12, 2003
Granted
October 25, 2005
Expires
December 25, 2023
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC
Inventor
ZWAGERMAN MARY E

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Fireworks’, characterized by narrow pointed leaves having deep green margins, and a creamy yellow to creamy white center, that displays a unique upright habit and light lavender flowers held above the foliage on thick cream-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 ‘Fireworks’ 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 PP16062 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.