US Plant Patent PP37346
Frog in My Throat
Hosta plant named ‘Frog in My Throat’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends December 8, 2044.
Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 25, 2044. This patent earned 136 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.
The record
- Patent number
- PP37346
- Filed
- July 25, 2024
- Granted
- March 24, 2026
- Expires
- December 8, 2044
- Assignee
- WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
- Inventor
- HANSEN HANS A
Abstract
A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Frog in My Throat’ with medium-sized, rounded-mound habit of ovate to nearly cordate foliage. Leaves begin the season with a yellowish-green with greenish speckles, patches and streaks and mature to creamy-green to creamy in the center with variably-sized speckles, patches, and streaks of green and a green margin. The plant produces pale purple flared campanulate flowers on upright scapes well above the foliage beginning in mid-June and continuing for about three to four weeks.
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It is claimed: 1 . A new and distinct ornamental Hosta plant named ‘Frog in My Throat’ as herein described and illustrated.
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