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US Plant Patent PP11603

Tattoo

Hosta plant named `Tattoo`

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 28, 2018. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.

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

The record

Patent number
PP11603
Filed
December 28, 1998
Granted
October 24, 2000
Expires
December 28, 2018
Inventor
AVENT TONY

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named `Tattoo`, characterized by its small, rounded golden green leaves with a distinct darker green maple leaf-shaped outline or "tattoo" in the center of the leaf; relatively compact plant habit; and light lavender flowers that are positioned above the foliage on strong and erect peduncles.

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 `Tattoo`, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP11603 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.