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US Plant Patent PP37371

Time's Up

Hosta plant named ‘Time's Up’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends May 14, 2045.

Twenty years from the filing date would end on July 25, 2044. This patent earned 293 days of term adjustment for delay at the Patent Office, which is why it runs longer.

The record

Patent number
PP37371
Filed
July 25, 2024
Granted
April 14, 2026
Expires
May 14, 2045
Inventor
Hans A Hansen

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Time's Up’ of arching, lanceolate, variegated leaves having a lustrous underside and moderately wavy margins. The foliage has dark green margins and yellowish-chartreuse centers. ‘Time's Up’ has excellent, small, compact, mounded habit and is useful in the landscape, in containers, as 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 cultivar named Hosta ‘Time's Up’ as herein described and illustrated.

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