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US Plant Patent PP36854

Out of Time

Hosta plant named ‘Out of Time’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 25, 2044.

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

The record

Patent number
PP36854
Filed
July 25, 2024
Granted
July 22, 2025
Expires
July 25, 2044
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Out of Time’ of arching, lanceolate, variegated leaves having a lustrous underside and moderately wavy margins. The foliage has deep green centers and yellowish-chartreuse margins that mature to creamy-white in high light exposure. The flowers are purplish and remain closed until dropping. ‘Out of Time’ has excellent, small, compact, mounded habit and is useful in the landscape, in containers, as a specimen, or en masse.

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 Hosta plant cultivar named Hosta ‘Out of Time’ as herein described and illustrated.

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