US Plant Patent PP15591

Lady Guineverre

Hosta plant named ‘Lady Guineverre’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired February 10, 2024. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on January 20, 2024. This patent earned 21 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP15591, the photograph of Lady Guineverre printed in the patent. — Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP15591, 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: PP15591
Filed: January 20, 2004
Granted: February 22, 2005
Expires: February 10, 2024
Inventor: HEEMSKERK GERARDUS

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Lady Guineverre’ that is characterized in having variegated foliage and a large number of flowers. The leaves of ‘Lady Guineverre’ have wide yellow-green centers with narrow dark green margins. In combination, these traits set ‘Lady Guineverre’ apart from other varieties of Hosta known to the inventor.

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 Hosta plant named ‘Lady Guineverre’ as herein described and illustrated.

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