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US Plant Patent PP19647

Roy Klehm

Hosta plant named ‘Roy Klehm’

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.

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP19647, the photograph of Roy Klehm printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP19647, 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
PP19647
Filed
December 28, 2007
Granted
January 20, 2009
Expires
December 28, 2027
Assignee
SHADY OAKS NURSERY LLC
Inventor
HANSEN HANS ANDREW

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Roy Klehm’, a chemically induced chimeral mutation of Hosta ‘Summer Serenade’, that is characterized by its unique variegated foliage with bright yellow-green centers and wide deep green margins comprising about one half of the leaf area. ‘Roy Klehm’ has an upright plant habit with leaves held horizontal on upright petioles and near white flowers held on erect flower scapes that arise above the foliage in mid 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 ‘Roy Klehm’ as herein illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP19647 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.