US Plant Patent PP28897

Sorbet

Hosta plant named ‘Sorbet’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends July 13, 2036.

No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

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The record

Patent number: PP28897
Filed: July 13, 2016
Granted: January 23, 2018
Expires: July 13, 2036
Assignee: HEEMSKERK GERARDUS J C M, HEEMSKERK VASTEPLANTEN BV
Inventor: HEEMSKERK GERARDUS J C M

Abstract

A new cultivar of Hosta named ‘Sorbet’ that is characterized by its petioles that are red in color and dots on the center vein of the leaf that are red in color, its leaf margins that are creamy white in color, its variegation that is varied green in color throught the leaf centers, and its late blooming period.

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 cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Sorbet’ as herein illustrated and described.

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