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US Plant Patent PP23598

Hudson Bay

Hosta plant named ‘Hudson Bay’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 26, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 23, 2031. This patent earned 94 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23598, the photograph of Hudson Bay printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23598, 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
PP23598
Filed
September 23, 2011
Granted
May 14, 2013
Expires
December 26, 2031
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, VELDERMAN LINDA C
Inventor
VELDERMAN LINDA C

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Hudson Bay’, characterized by medium plant size with good growth rate, rounded leaves having very wide blue-green margins, and leaf center that develops to near white center later in season, The near white flowers are held just above the foliage on thick light green-colored scapes in early summer.

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

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of ornamental Hosta plant named ‘Hudson Bay’ as herein described and illustrated, suitable as a potted plant, for landscaping specimen or in mass, and for fresh-cut flower and foliage arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23598 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.