US Plant Patent PP19674

Neptune

Hosta plant named ‘Neptune’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 28, 2027.

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

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The record

Patent number: PP19674
Filed: December 28, 2007
Granted: February 3, 2009
Expires: December 28, 2027
Assignee: SHADY OAKS NURSERY LLC
Inventor: HANSEN HANS ANDREW

Abstract

A new cultivar of hybrid Hosta named ‘Neptune’, characterized by its ovate-shaped, blue-green leaves with undulating margins and an intense glaucous bloom on the lower surface. Its leaves cascade downward to form an upright, mounded habit with pale lavender flowers emerging on arching scapes in late summer.

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 ‘Neptune’ as herein illustrated and described.

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