US Plant Patent PP14040

Twilight

Hosta plant named ‘Twilight’

PUBLIC DOMAIN

Patent expired October 14, 2017. 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 PP14040, the photograph of Twilight printed in the patent. — Figure 3 from US Plant Patent PP14040, 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: PP14040
Filed: October 14, 1997
Granted: August 5, 2003
Expires: October 14, 2017
Inventor: VAN EIJK-BOS GERRIT; VAN ERVEN DIRK

Abstract

A mutation selection of Hosta ‘Fortunei Auereomarginata’ with a wide gold margin and heavy substance.

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

We claim: 1. The new and distinct cultivar, named Hosta ‘Twilight’ substantially herein described and shown with a wide yellow margin, shiny leaf surface, and more rugose substance, and suitable for landscape use or container growing.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP14040 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.