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US Plant Patent PP19539

Little Jay

Hosta plant named ‘Little Jay’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends February 9, 2027.

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

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP19539, the photograph of Little Jay printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19539, 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
PP19539
Filed
February 9, 2007
Granted
December 2, 2008
Expires
February 9, 2027
Assignee
VAN DEN TOP HENDRIK JAN
Inventor
VAN DEN TOP HENDRIK JAN

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Little Jay’ characterized by lance-leafed, dwarfsized, leaves with blue green margins, light yellow to creamy leaf centers, vertical flower scapes with light purple flowers, suitable for landscape, potted culture, or cut flower arrangements.

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 ‘Little Jay’ herein described and illustrated, with lance-like leaves of light yellow to cream in the center and blue green margins, with light purple flowers and dwarf habit, suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19539 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.