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US Plant Patent PP34984

Twin Cities

Hosta plant named ‘Twin Cities’

UNDER PATENT

Still under patent. Protection ends January 18, 2042.

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

Figure 1 of US plant patent PP34984, the photograph of Twin Cities printed in the patent.
Figure 1 from US Plant Patent PP34984, 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
PP34984
Filed
January 18, 2022
Granted
February 14, 2023
Expires
January 18, 2042
Assignee
MILLER CYNTHIA, WILHOITE CHRIS
Inventor
WILHOITE CHRIS; MILLER CYNTHIA

Abstract

A new and distinct Hosta plant named ‘Twin Cities’ of large, upright spreading mound of dense, bullate, glaucous, ovate to round, variegated foliage with wide chartreuse margins, blue-green centers with a melding color zone between the center and the margins. The flowers are near light lavender, densely arranged in mostly upright scapes beginning to open just above the foliage in late June. ‘Twin Cities’ is useful in the landscape 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 named ‘Twin Cities’ as herein described and illustrated.

Read the full patent: US Plant Patent PP34984 in full — the complete specification, every figure, and the file history.