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US Plant Patent PP32068

Miss America

Hosta plant named ‘Miss America’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 8, 2039.

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 PP32068, the photograph of Miss America printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32068, 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
PP32068
Filed
November 8, 2019
Granted
August 11, 2020
Expires
November 8, 2039
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Miss America’ with large, rounded-mound habit of heavy-substance, stiff, variegated foliage. Leaves are shiny, flat, cordate with creamy-white centers and broad, deep green margins and intermediate colors between. Flowers have white margins with pale lavender center stripes on tepal insides and are held on stiff, upright cream-colored stems with about 90 flowers per scape.

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

It is claimed: 1. A new and distinct ornamental plant cultivar named Hosta ‘Miss America’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32068 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.