US Plant Patent PP22725

Purple Heart

Hosta plant named ‘Purple Heart’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 12, 2030.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on November 10, 2030. This patent earned 2 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP22725
Filed: November 10, 2010
Granted: May 8, 2012
Expires: November 12, 2030
Assignee: TERRA NOVA NURSERIES INC, GOSSETT GARY J
Inventor: GOSSETT GARY J

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant characterized by very dark maroon petioles with maroon leaf bases, thick, glossy, dark green leaves, camptodrome venation, a vigorous, clumping habit, on a medium size plant.

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

1. A new and distinct hybrid Hosta plant as herein shown and described.

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