US Plant Patent PP26727

Royal Wedding

Hosta plant named ‘Royal Wedding’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 27, 2034.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on February 24, 2034. This patent earned 153 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

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The record

Patent number: PP26727
Filed: February 24, 2014
Granted: May 10, 2016
Expires: July 27, 2034
Assignee: WALTERS GARDENS INC, BERGERON AMY J
Inventor: BERGERON AMY J

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Royal Wedding’ with foliage having blades of wide variegated creamy-white to near white margins, and dark center with minor intermediate feathering colors. The plant habit is compact and rounded in habit with sweetly fragrant white flowers just above foliage in mid to late summer.

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 plant cultivar named Hosta ‘Royal Wedding’ as herein described and illustrated.

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