US Plant Patent PP12531

Liberty

Hosta plant named ‘Liberty’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired November 17, 2019. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12531, the photograph of Liberty printed in the patent. — Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12531, 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: PP12531
Filed: November 17, 1999
Granted: April 9, 2002
Expires: November 17, 2019
Inventor: MACHEN JR JOHN LEE

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Hosta named ‘Liberty’ particularly characterized by its wide yellow to cream colored leaf margins, its large upright growth habit, its thick and gently undulating leaves, and pale-lavender flowers in mid 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 Hosta plant named ‘Liberty’ substantially as herein

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