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US Plant Patent PP32127

Silly String

Hosta plant named ‘Silly String’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends November 8, 2039.

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 PP32127, the photograph of Silly String printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP32127, 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
PP32127
Filed
November 8, 2019
Granted
August 25, 2020
Expires
November 8, 2039
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Silly String’ with small, rounded-mound habit of arching, glaucous, blue-green, long thin foliage. Leaves have slight fold and very wavy margins. The plant produces light purple flowers in mid-summer on nearly upright to slightly arching scapes well above the foliage.

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 ornamental plant cultivar named Hosta ‘Silly String’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP32127 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.