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US Plant Patent PP12402

Titanic

Hosta plant named ‘Titanic’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired December 3, 2019. 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.

Figure 3 of US plant patent PP12402, the photograph of Titanic printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP12402, 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
PP12402
Filed
December 3, 1999
Granted
February 12, 2002
Expires
December 3, 2019
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Titanic’, characterized by a unique variegation pattern with dark-green centers and relatively wide uneven yellow margins.

Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.

I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Titanic’, as illustrated and

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP12402 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.