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US Plant Patent PP23709

Pocketful of Sunshine

Hosta plant named ‘Pocketful of Sunshine’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends December 8, 2031.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on September 23, 2031. This patent earned 76 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP23709, the photograph of Pocketful of Sunshine printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP23709, 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
PP23709
Filed
September 23, 2011
Granted
July 2, 2013
Expires
December 8, 2031
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, BERGERON AMY
Inventor
BERGERON AMY

Abstract

Hosta plant named ‘Pocketful of Sunshine’ is a new cultivar with rounded, thick, coriaceous leaves having yellow centers and very broad dark green margins and that become cupped in maturity. The habit is compact and dense with rapid growth rate and light lavender flowers are held attractively above foliage suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower or leaf arrangements.

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 Hosta plant named ‘Pocketful of Sunshine’ as herein described and illustrated, with rounded, thick, coriaceous leaves with very wide dark green margins and yellow centers, light lavender flowers, suitable as a potted plant, for the garden, and for cut flower or leaf arrangements.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP23709 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.