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US Plant Patent PP13080

Touch of Class

Hosta plant named ‘Touch of Class’

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 PP13080, the photograph of Touch of Class printed in the patent.
Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP13080, 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
PP13080
Filed
December 3, 1999
Granted
October 15, 2002
Expires
December 3, 2019
Inventor
HANSEN HANS A

Abstract

A distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Touch of Class’, characterized by a unique variegation pattern with relatively wide dark-green margins and light-yellow centers. The new Hosta including clusters of relatively large white flowers having pale lavender centers positioned above the foliage.

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 ‘Touch of Class’, as illustrated and described.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP13080 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.