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US Plant Patent PP34225

Silver Bullet

Hosta plant named ‘Silver Bullet’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 10, 2042.

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 PP34225, the photograph of Silver Bullet printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP34225, 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
PP34225
Filed
January 10, 2022
Granted
May 10, 2022
Expires
January 10, 2042
Assignee
WALTERS GARDENS INC, HANSEN HANS A
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Silver Bullet’ producing small-sized rounded mounds of dense, basal, cordate to nearly rounded, flat, leaves with broadly acute to rounded apices, cordate bases and slightly impressed veins. The leaves are highly-glaucous intense bluish-green and hold their color through the season. The campanulate flowers are pale lavender striped opening just above the foliage beginning in early July for about two weeks. ‘Silver Bullet’ is useful in the landscape, as a container plant, a specimen or en masse.

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 Hosta plant named Hosta ‘Silver Bullet’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP34225 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.