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US Plant Patent PP26743

Mini Skirt

Hosta plant named ‘Mini Skirt’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends October 4, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 5, 2034. This patent earned 241 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP26743, the photograph of Mini Skirt printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP26743, 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
PP26743
Filed
February 5, 2014
Granted
May 17, 2016
Expires
October 4, 2034
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, MARTINEZ MARIA M
Inventor
MARTINEZ MARIA M

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Mini Skirt’ with coarsely-sinuate cordate leaf blades having variegation of creamy yellow to creamy white margins and dark green center and feathering intermediate colors. The plant habit is short, compact and rounded with flowering just above foliage, and the leaves and scapes are thick substance and stiff.

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 ornamental plant cultivar named Hosta ‘Mini Skirt’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP26743 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.